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EliotTattoo YouThe FoolThe Groupie GuideThe Guess WhoThe Last SittingThe RamonesThe RonettesThe Velvet UndergroundTina AumontTippi HedrenTop 5TopshopTruman CapoteTwitterUltra VioletVanessa HudgensVeronica LakeVogueWhy Don't You...WonderwallYves Saint Laurentanimalsbeachtimebiopicsbloggersbohemianboozeboutiqueschampagnecoats and jacketscostumesdirectorsfeminismfloral crownsfragrancefriendsfringegaminegrungeheroesjoni mitchelllistlookbooksmodsnatureprotestspunk fashionreligionremakereunionromcomsself-confidencesilent filmssnake jewelrysuperheroestattoostelevisionten things i loveunlikely fashion iconswedding stylewinter katewish listDolly Rocker GirlRetro style icons and vintage fashion, films from the 60s and 70s, hippies, bohemian style, Pattie Boyd, Marianne Faithfull and Anita Pallenberg, Jane Birkinhttp://www.dollyrockergirl.com/noreply@blogger.com (Alexis)Blogger449125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-4915163588663712870Mon, 16 Jun 2014 22:24:00 +00002014-06-16T17:27:52.023-05:00Andy WarholFactory Superstarsmusephotography and artUltra Violeti was your silver lining, but now i'm gold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WvW11xv8ld0/U59leoGim3I/AAAAAAAAALk/dDdRpsxCAWU/s1600/Ultraviolet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WvW11xv8ld0/U59leoGim3I/AAAAAAAAALk/dDdRpsxCAWU/s1600/Ultraviolet.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"People always want to know about the past, but I'm much more interested in tomorrow."&nbsp;</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ultra Violet (born Isabelle Collin Dufresne), the French-born artist known for being a muse to both Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali, passed away on Saturday at the age of 78. I admittedly am not familiar by heart with her story, as when I read about the Factory my eyes were often clouded with thoughts of Edie Sedgwick, but I have always admired Ultra Violet's <a href="http://www.ultravioletweb.com/UltraVioletArt/" target="_blank">art</a>, her candor, and (of course) her indulgence in stylistic eccentricities. She was an immense beauty -- her features call to mind Vivien Leigh and Ava Gardner -- but she always subverted her classic look by pulling strange expressions in photographs or sporting electric hair hues like violet or lilac (according to Warholian legend, her vivid hair was the inspiration for her name 'Ultra Violet'). A tremendous artist in her own right, Ultra Violet was known for her relations with fellow artists like Warhol, Dali (of her time as his muse and pupil, she once said, "I realized that I was 'surreal,' which I never knew until I met Dali"), John Chamberlain, Marcel Duchamp, and Damien Hirst, as well as affairs with dancer Rudolf Nureyev, director Milos Forman, and artist Ed Ruscha.<br /><div>There was an exhibit this year staged at the Dillon Gallery in Manhattan called "<a href="http://www.dillongallery.com/exhibitions/Ultra-Violet-The-Studio-Recreated/" target="_blank">Ultra Violet: The Studio Recreated</a>," which recreated her Chelsea studio in the form of an installation. It featured dozens of her artworks, plus personal items -- books, albums, mementos from throughout her life. Even though I knew it was an art piece, wandering around the gallery I couldn't help but feel how intensely personal an experience it was. In one of the last acts of her life, Ultra Violet granted access into her&nbsp;sanctuary of creation, allowing a brief glimpse into a great mind.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Fame is somewhat legitimate. People want to be God. People want to be remembered. People want to live in eternity."&nbsp;</i></div><div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Title: from "Silver Lining" (Rilo Kiley)</span></i></div></div></div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2014/06/i-was-your-silver-lining-but-now-im-gold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-1277583873997160847Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:37:00 +00002014-04-22T13:37:27.769-05:00janis joplinTattoo YoutattoosTattoo You: Janis Joplin<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hate discussing my generation, the 'Millennials' -- not because I am ashamed to be a part of them (quite the opposite in fact, I think we're rather rad), but because it is such an exhausted topic. Critics, commentators and others of the same ilk have examined, analyzed and attempted to characterize us, to fit literally millions into a tight definition. This is something that occurs in every generation: the older folks warning that their successors will lead this world into galloping ruin. One trend that many who have written about this particular demographic have made note of is the more common acceptance of tattoos.&nbsp;I really love this discussion, because so many dismiss it as body ink becoming 'trendy'. Instead of celebrating how many more people embrace tattoos -- as a way to adorn your body, to celebrate your personhood in a way, to mark a moment in your life -- these people seem to prefer when tattoos were imbued with a certain meaning in regards to class/profession/general station in life. In the olden days, tattoos were marks of people on the fringes of society, people who couldn't be hemmed by rules of respectability. Those who had ink and wanted to be seen as 'proper' had to hide their body art (my grandfather, for example, has never acknowledged the design on his upper arm he got done during his sailor days).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have tattoos myself, so perhaps I am a bit biased, but why do so many people point to the wider acceptance of tattoos as something to be critical of? The most frequent thing I hear is that I will regret them when I'm old, 'they'll look so weird when your skin ages.' Well, my skin itself will look weirder when it ages (should I cut off all my skin? Live out my twilight years as a living skeleton or something?) so I'm none too concerned about that. Also, I'm so excited because I envision myself and friends as a bunch of grannies all tatted up, and that frankly sounds AWESOME to me.&nbsp;I've written about body art a lot -- a few years back I wrote a little thing on DRG when I was <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2011/01/welcome-to-my-life-tattoo-weve-long.html" target="_blank">considering whether or not to get one</a> (ahh, youth) and more recently I talked to some girls for <a href="http://www.teenvogue.com/my-life/2014-01/tattoos-body-art" target="_blank"><i>Teen Vogue </i>about what it was like for them to get inked</a>, but I wanted to highlight people I admire who have gotten tattoos. Some modern day, but more often those who got them before the body art renaissance (due to this blog's nature as a RETRO-oriented entity).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wanted to start with Janis Joplin because she was one of the first super-influential celebrities to advocate tattoos, and also because her ink is so in-keeping with her personal style (i.e. it's BEAUTIFUL and ENVY-INDUCING).&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2domVlS7dus/U1a1X38BGjI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/clbiOAmEL8Q/s1600/Tattoo_Janis+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2domVlS7dus/U1a1X38BGjI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/clbiOAmEL8Q/s1600/Tattoo_Janis+1.jpg" height="363" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A few looks at Janis's beautiful Florentine bracelet design</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of her ink, Janis has been quoted as saying, "I wanted some decoration. See, the one on my wrist is for everybody; the one on my tit is for me and my friends. Just a little treat for the boys, like icing on the cake." Though Janis only spoke of two tattoos -- a Florentine bracelet design (which, <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Janis-Joplins-Wrist-Tattoo----A-Symbol-of-Feminine-Power&amp;id=1989951" target="_blank">according to this nifty article</a>, is also a symbol of female liberation) on her left wrist and a heart on her left breast -- according to her <a href="http://www.janisjoplin.net/life/autopsy/" target="_blank">autopsy report</a> (which I feel really shady about reading, but stumbled upon while doing fact-checking for this post), she had a third design: a small flower near her right heel. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bpZp1ff-AgM/U1a1W2VEE3I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Nezr4iWlUbg/s1600/Tattoo_Janis+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bpZp1ff-AgM/U1a1W2VEE3I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Nezr4iWlUbg/s1600/Tattoo_Janis+2.jpg" height="396" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Only a few glimpses of her small heart design were ever captured in a photo</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lyle Tuttle, Janis's tattoo artist, said about the period of the late 60s &amp; early 70s when celebrities of the counterculture (Janis, Joan Baez, Peter Fonda, Flip Wilson, Cher) started getting tattoos: "Women’s liberation came along, gay liberation came along, kids’ liberation came along. Liberated people [were everywhere]. So then women started getting tattooed, and Janis Joplin, she got tattooed. She ran around at concerts all over the world telling about it. She wrote the best advertisement for tattooing that could ever be written. She got up there, her and her Chihuahua, one time and told them, 'People who get tattooed like to fuck a lot.'"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8I8g3wHMAh0/U1a1W4FpdhI/AAAAAAAAAJw/Syl8FeOxl9c/s1600/Tattoo_Janis+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8I8g3wHMAh0/U1a1W4FpdhI/AAAAAAAAAJw/Syl8FeOxl9c/s1600/Tattoo_Janis+3.jpg" height="376" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A rare shot capturing two of Janis's tattoos</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With her signature salty humor and beautifully done designs,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tattooarchive.com/tattoo_history/joplin_janis.html" target="_blank">Janis really ushered in</a> the modern era of body art appreciation, with many of her friends following suit after she got inked. Tuttle also stated in <i>Rolling Stone</i> that after Janis's death in 1970, he gave similar heart tattoos to over a hundred Janis fans in mourning and has continued to replicate for customers eager to pay tribute to their favorite songstress.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What do you think of Janis's tattoos? Are there any other fab retro icons with enviable ink?&nbsp;</span><br /> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment-->http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2014/04/tattoo-you-janis-joplin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-2776199384707247012Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:10:00 +00002014-03-19T11:12:43.759-05:00Audio slaverymusicplaylistTop 10Top 5Top 5: Covers of R&B and Rap Songs<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">It's definitely not at all noteworthy for someone to say they love music. It's like saying you love to laugh or enjoy fun activities -- it's remarkable if you say you <i>don't </i>like it. But whatever, because that's pretty much what I'm getting at in this post.&nbsp;My love for music often manifests itself in making strange, unnecessary playlists -- they go beyond the run-of-the-mill tracks for showering, running errands or working out, and cover a&nbsp;range from the uncomfortably specific to selections eliciting certain moods (I don't just have a 'sad songs' playlist, I have multiple that relate to several gradations on sadness). I don't know, maybe everyone does this and I am not as precious or special as I'd like to believe.&nbsp;BUT what I'm getting at is that I love making mixes. I make mixes for pretty much everyone I know (if you would like one, drop me a line!) -- if you express even the vaguest of interest in an artist that I like, you can bet I will be making a best-of compilation for you.&nbsp;I've done music playlists in the past (like <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/02/top-10-songs-about-crushes.html" target="_blank">this one for V-Day 2013</a>), but I want to do them with more frequency so that I can indulge my inherent need to make mix CDs. Which leads me to this post! (Ace transition, if I do say so myself.)</div><div style="text-align: left;">I have a deep affection for covers (which I have been told is weird considering how passionately angry I can get about film remakes, but I suppose that is an entirely different beast) -- particularly versions of songs done by artists with a markedly different sound than the original musician. There's a grand tradition of cross-genre covers: from the Beatles' love for the Shirelles in their early days to Johnny Cash's heartbreaking version of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails (no lie, I first saw <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&amp;feature=kp" target="_blank">the music video</a> in the student center at my university and I WEPT OPENLY... in front of a lot of people ... for like a <i>really</i> long time).&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;">One of the reasons that I love the particular trend of translating rap and R&amp;B songs into other musical styles is that there is an additional difficulty of it -- you can't just change the pace of it and have it remain intact. There is a particular rhythm to the songs in these genres that, if neglected, can cause the track to just fall apart. This process requires real innovation. Here are my favorite tracks that really get it right:&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Crazy in Love (<span style="background-color: white;">Beyoncé) by S</span><span style="background-color: white;">eyoncé</span></b></span><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment--><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_rMQSsYNX8U" width="480"></iframe><br />It's tough enough to do justice to a track by Queen B -- and when it's a song like "Crazy in Love," with cover versions by everyone from David Byrne to Emeli Sand<span style="line-height: 1.2em; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">é, the pressure is on a whole other level. But let me tell you,&nbsp;</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">S</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">eyoncé masters the track with aplomb. (WITH APLOMB, I SAY!) I was introduced to this video by my friend Hannah (of the amazing band <a href="http://thedirtyboys.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">The Dirty Boys</a> -- check them out!!) and, let me tell you, it is glorious. The low voice, the moody sound and the fantastically odd and quite genius video, it's a profound obsession of mine. And the name. THE NAME. It's all perfection. I have been assured that there will be future releases from&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">S</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">eyoncé, so we can all rest easy.&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Honor your soul and watch this video.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Whatever You Like (T.I.) by Anya Marina</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_0BPnJUx_Yw" width="459"></iframe><br />If there is one thing I love more than a cover of a rap song, it is a cover of a rap song done by a singer with breathy, delicate vocals. It's called intertextuality, and yeah it's very important. From Nina Gordon's acoustic take on "Straight Outta Compton" to Kanye's "Heartless" becoming an emotional ballad through the piano-charged stylings of Dia Frampton, there's something about the unexpectedness of the pairing that can create some real magic. I really dig Anya Marina's version of this song. So much so that I don't even care too much about admitting that I found it via <i>Gossip Girl </i>(2009 was a dark time for me).<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr. Dre) by Ben Folds</b><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gjFRy8jQ_0U" width="459"></iframe><br />This is one of the defining tracks of the admittedly niche genre of rap/R&amp;B covers. There's not too much else I can say about it other than if you haven't heard it by now, you're doing yourself a disservice. The piano, the choral accompaniment, the whole vibe works so wonderfully that it is no surprise that countless other artists were inspired to have a go at translating their favorite R&amp;B or rap song into a rock or alternative format after hearing this tune.<br /><br /><b>99 Problems (Jay-Z) by Hugo</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nmy113gMds0" width="459"></iframe><br />This song is wildly good. Listen to it and you can't believe it works so well. Hugo is signed to Jay-Z's Roc National label, where he is described as "gangsta-rock" -- his bluegrass version of Hova's "99 Problems" solidified his position.<br /><br /><b>No Diggity (Blackstreet) by Chet Faker</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/HIfFA8-RaHQ" width="480"></iframe><br />The original track by Blackstreet also featured fellow list-maker Dr. Dre and a collaboration from Queen Pen, and is not only one of the defining songs of the 1990s, but is one of the BEST SONGS OF ALL TIME. (This is not at all a biased opinion. It is a truth universally acknowledged that "No Diggity" is the best.)&nbsp;Klaxons also have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGqyUzPMHDo&amp;feature=kp" target="_blank">a stellar cover of this song</a>, but I love this version of the song for it's almost ambient sound and lounge-y quality. There's a very chilled out atmosphere to this song, due in part to the sound and Chet's particular vocal style (which manages to capture a degree of the intimacy and unpolished texture of the name he pays homage to with his name: Chet Baker). In his hands, "No Diggity" becomes something entirely different.<br /><br />Are there any rap/R&amp;B covers that you love that you think should make the list? Let me know in the comments!</div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2014/03/top-5-covers-of-r-and-rap-songs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-6455745006617341989Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:35:00 +00002014-02-19T14:35:21.855-06:00Brian Jonespersonal styleRolling StonesShop It to MeShop It to Me: Brian Jones, Pretty in Pink <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal">I’ve never been one to wear tons of pinks – being blonde, I always felt wearing the color would give off immediate Barbie connotations. I’ve always loved dark, earthy tones – deep reds, plums, emeralds … shades that evoke darkness, witchiness, general badassery. Wearing something soft and pink was always on the opposite end of the style spectrum for me. But this photo of Brian Jones might be enough to change it all for me. </div><div class="MsoNormal">This is one of my favorite photos of the Stones founder – I actually have a print hanging on the wall in my bedroom. He somehow makes a precious outfit look kind of super badass – I mean, who other than Brian could make a pink cable-knit sweater and boa look sexy? The man is such a mystery to me – yin-yang exemplified in human form: the darkness of his drug addition and womanizing and the lightness of his obsession with trains, storybooks and Winnie the Pooh. How could these extremes of innocence and cruelty ever be reconcilable in one person? But on a strict style basis, these two opposites came together for a really stellar look. </div><div class="MsoNormal">Granted, I don’t have the pageboy haircut to complete this look but I kind of want to give this outfit a try:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_rgvm4d69-M/UwUSNTobgnI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/y-zxY9qGT0U/s1600/Shop+It+To+Me_Brian+Jones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_rgvm4d69-M/UwUSNTobgnI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/y-zxY9qGT0U/s1600/Shop+It+To+Me_Brian+Jones.jpg" height="530" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="MsoNormal">First, start with a pink cable-knit sweater like <a href="http://us.asos.com/countryid/2/Brave-Soul-Cable-Knit-Sweater-in-Speckle-Knit/12mi4o/?iid=3763420&amp;utm_source=Affiliate&amp;utm_medium=LinkShare&amp;utm_content=USNetwork.1&amp;utm_campaign=Hy3bqNL2jtQ&amp;cvosrc=Affiliate.LinkShare.Hy3bqNL2jtQ&amp;link=10&amp;promo=316488&amp;source=linkshare&amp;MID=35719&amp;affid=2135&amp;WT.tsrc=Affiliate&amp;siteID=Hy3bqNL2jtQ-ScxNToDq2.sO3xMeZImBWg" target="_blank">this one, which is currently on sale</a> (all the better!). I went for a slightly darker shade of pink because I’m not sure if I’m quite up for the ballerina vibes I get from Brian’s super-pale sweater. Pair it with a feather boa – I LOVE <a href="http://groupiecouture.com/store/accoutrements/delicate-frothy-boa.html" target="_blank">this one from Groupie Couture</a> so much (I even included it in my holiday gift round-up last year), I am constantly strategizing ways to wear it in outfits. Since most people don’t have many options for purple pants in their wardrobes (another cause of my great sadness for my generation), I suggest investing in a versatile pair of colored denim, like <a href="http://www.yoox.com/us/42339818MO/item?utm_campaign=affiliazione_us&amp;utm_content=10&amp;utm_medium=affiliazione&amp;utm_source=linkshare_us&amp;tp=11333#cod10=42339818MO&amp;sizeId=" target="_blank">these True Religion skinnies</a>. So at this point, this outfit is very girlish and sweet – but the accessories give the look a supreme edge worthy of a rock star. Brian is wearing some really amazing jewelry – I love his beaded tassel necklace, which I found <a href="http://www.superette.co.nz/ebony-malas-necklace.html" target="_blank">a modern version of here</a>, and his stone jewelry. I firmly believe big cuff bracelets and statement rings are absolute must-haves for anyone’s wardrobe. Obviously, he must have picked his goods on his travels, but I found a pretty groovy&nbsp;<a href="http://us.asos.com/countryid/2/ASOS-Festival-Stone-Cuff-Bracelet/12k870/?iid=3617443&amp;utm_source=Affiliate&amp;utm_medium=LinkShare&amp;utm_content=USNetwork.1&amp;utm_campaign=Hy3bqNL2jtQ&amp;cvosrc=Affiliate.LinkShare.Hy3bqNL2jtQ&amp;link=10&amp;promo=316488&amp;source=linkshare&amp;MID=35719&amp;affid=2135&amp;WT.tsrc=Affiliate&amp;siteID=Hy3bqNL2jtQ-o5g0T.2D3mPdyq7ANsn.uw" target="_blank">multi-colored cuff from ASOS</a>. Finish off the look with <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/topshop-lolita-round-sunglasses/3706083?cm_cat=datafeed&amp;cm_ite=topshop_'lolita'_round_sunglasses:793109&amp;cm_pla=eyewear:women:sunglasses&amp;cm_ven=Linkshare&amp;siteId=Hy3bqNL2jtQ-25EuoYjpGg4m_pnFg.rvPQ" target="_blank">a super sixties pair of round frame sunglasses</a> and I swear, Anita Pallenberg would take one look at you and want to date you.&nbsp;</div><!--EndFragment-->http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2014/02/shop-it-to-me-brian-jones-pretty-in-pink.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-4412533803724496290Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:59:00 +00002014-02-12T14:00:45.260-06:00Bebe BuellfeminismgroupiesI me minerandom ramblesIn Defense of Bebe Buell, 'Groupies' and Women in Music<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal">I’ve been a bit touch-and-go with this site for a while now – a combination of moving to a new city, starting a job, trying to figure out how to live a life that makes me happy (all that super pleasant quarterlife crisis stuff!) – but my love for the women I write about and for the gorgeous dolls who read this site has never wavered. I keep your energy and passion with me always, mixing in my heart with everything I’ve loved and admired about the great muses of yesteryear. Because of this, I take it intensely personal when someone tries to slag off on someone I adore. I’m used to it to a certain extent – there are loads of people who criticize these women, calling them ‘groupies’ (as though that’s a bad thing!) and worthless, and basically throw some sort of moral assessment on them that ignores everything else about their amazing lives other than whose arm they were photographed on forty years ago.</div><div class="MsoNormal">I was looking through my comments feed today and found a comment left about a month ago on a post about Bebe Buell. Bebe is a bit of a controversial subject for many in the classic rock fandom. Many moons ago on this site, I mentioned that I liked <i>I’m With the Band</i>&nbsp;better than <i>Rebel Heart</i>&nbsp;purely because Miss Pamela was so forthcoming with the nerdiest facts of her life (I mean, the fart list anyone?) whereas Bebe, who was always a dreamer (something I admire and relate to her about immensely), also has this supreme self-confidence and assuredness in herself&nbsp;that intimidated me when first read her book when I was fourteen and thought I was the foulest creature to ever roam the planet. In my pubescent mind, Bebe was not only on a different level than myself – she was in a different plane of existence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WquQXjKNjHo/UvvR-CWYq2I/AAAAAAAAAI4/E_VpRnlfrpQ/s1600/Bebe+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WquQXjKNjHo/UvvR-CWYq2I/AAAAAAAAAI4/E_VpRnlfrpQ/s1600/Bebe+1.jpg" height="228" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">My little innocuous comment led to a GIANT blowup in the comments section. Bebe’s fans are passionately dedicated to her and will not stand for anyone speaking ill of her, but in that case I was mortified because I always considered myself one of her fans – but in someone else’s eyes I was the enemy!</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the time between that debacle and now, I’ve written about Bebe extensively. Most feedback I’ve seen on these posts are positive comments from people who admire her, love her music, find her infinitely sweet (and she is! She is one of the few people who loves to interact directly with her fans). But the comment I want to discuss came from a post I did over two years ago called “<a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2011/12/how-to-be-like-bebe-buell.html" target="_blank">How to be like Bebe Buell</a>.” This is one of my favorite types of posts to do – half serious, half fun, it allows me to indulge in my obsessive behavior about muses and icons. The comment that caught my eye this morning was only two lines and sent by an anonymous poster (what bravery it takes to comment anonymously on the internet!): </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jWRh6a1mSSU/UvvKs4w6gZI/AAAAAAAAAIo/M4H0LtBO9lo/s1600/Slut+Shame+Commenter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jWRh6a1mSSU/UvvKs4w6gZI/AAAAAAAAAIo/M4H0LtBO9lo/s1600/Slut+Shame+Commenter.jpg" height="128" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">I was struck by the ludicrousness of this comment for multiple reasons. Firstly, I like that this person thought I had never heard the term ‘star-fucker’ before. Yes, in my <i>many</i> years being obsessed with groupies I had never once heard them dismissed in a derogatory way with this term. I am enlightened now! I can only imagine the anonymous commenter somehow being led to this site, leaving their snarky comment, and then being horrified by literally EVERY SINGLE OTHER POST on this blog. &nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal">Secondly, the commenter ignores every other aspect of Bebe’s life that makes up her “great legacy” (which I use sarcasm-free). Apparently, a career as a top model, a writer and a recording artist as well as being a single mother and <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/09/28/ncis-actress-pauley-perrette-endless-nightmare-divorce/" target="_blank">surviving</a> an abusive marriage can be negated if you dated Jimmy Page for a few months when you were nineteen. </div><div class="MsoNormal">But what troubles me most is that this is yet another example of women being shamed for their sexual behavior. I am reminded of a <a href="http://www.xojane.com/issues/why-are-womens-romantic-histories-used-to-dismiss-and-demean-them-even-years-later" target="_blank">recent piece on xoJane that discusses the public’s tendency to dismiss women due to their romantic pasts</a>. In the article, the author cites the attacks against Mia and Dylan Farrow from defenders of Woody Allen as well as the recent treatment Joyce Maynard has experienced surrounding the release of the film adaptation of her novel <i>Labor Day</i>. For those who don’t know, Maynard had an eleven-month long relationship with J.D. Salinger when she was 18 and the author was 53, and that fact has been exploited by several critics to dismiss her work and her legitimacy as an artist in her own right. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>I do not speak for Bebe, but I do speak for myself.</b>&nbsp;For all that we have advanced in terms of a woman’s rights to her body, her sexuality and her identity, there is still a thriving pocket of humanity that thinks that a woman’s romantic choices are acceptable points of argument against her professional legitimacy. I cannot even articulate how troublesome this culture is to me. I feel like in recent months there has been a more open dialogue about female sexuality and the slut-shaming phenomenon – as well as the nature of feminism in general – and I am extremely thankful for that. I just hope that something comes of all this talk and people begin to change their minds and behavior.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1iJLcYtJoLE/UvvSNzH4LwI/AAAAAAAAAJA/2ZteJLyO33A/s1600/Bebe+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1iJLcYtJoLE/UvvSNzH4LwI/AAAAAAAAAJA/2ZteJLyO33A/s1600/Bebe+2.jpg" height="214" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">I’d like to point out for the record that I know Bebe herself doesn’t consider herself a groupie – she has distanced herself from that term, especially in recent years, because of the loaded connotations of that tag. To close this post, I’ll include an excerpt of a quote from Bebe that was in Miss Pamela’s book <i>Let's Spend the Night Together</i>, from a conversation that revolved around the infamous G-word:</div><div class="MsoNormal">“I’m not upset about the actual word. I would be an idiot to say that I never hung around a rock band, didn’t date a rock star, or marry one, or see a lot of music in my life. Because it’s who I am, that’s part of me. But I’m not going to let somebody call me stupid, judgmental names either. […] Everybody’s a little bit of a groupie anyway. We’re all fans of something.”&nbsp;</div><!--EndFragment-->http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2014/02/in-defense-of-bebe-buell-groupies-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-6667113547016208072Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:01:00 +00002014-02-12T10:01:59.874-06:00Samantha Justethe Monkeesthe being known as wonder girl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GHYwNj1ipqI/UvuX9fLsoSI/AAAAAAAAAII/UfkxlLKr8j4/s1600/Samantha+Juste.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GHYwNj1ipqI/UvuX9fLsoSI/AAAAAAAAAII/UfkxlLKr8j4/s1600/Samantha+Juste.jpeg" height="480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's an odd thing, mourning the loss of someone you never knew -- and yet so much of our culture revolves around it. We grieve for those whose worlds never intersected with our own, and yet our lives were touched by their very existence. <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2009/04/shes-wonderful-lady-and-shes-all-mine.html" target="_blank">Samantha Juste was one of the girls</a> who really ignited within me a passion for the culture of the 1960s. Early on in my teenage years, I would pour over photographs of her and try to mimic her dolly eye makeup, in hopes of capturing some of her magic.&nbsp;I cannot even count the number of biographies I've read -- about countless musicians -- that mention Samantha, how she influenced the culture of the 1960s and how she cared for and protected artists.&nbsp;In her modeling photos, she had an infectious energy that elevated simple magazine editorials into a&nbsp;<i>whole happening</i>. She truly was "the being known as wonder girl."</div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2014/02/the-being-known-as-wonder-girl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-4742389950859328723Thu, 09 Jan 2014 17:52:00 +00002014-02-12T11:53:39.128-06:00birthdaysboozeJack DanielsJimmy PageLed Zeppelini got a woman, stay drunk all the time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lYj3MeC8bWs/UvudsowLyZI/AAAAAAAAAIY/0BlfqW_7DOM/s1600/Jimmy+Page_Jack+Daniels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lYj3MeC8bWs/UvudsowLyZI/AAAAAAAAAIY/0BlfqW_7DOM/s1600/Jimmy+Page_Jack+Daniels.jpg" height="316" width="640" /></a></div><br />In honor of my unwavering LUV (in the full Shangri-Las sense of the word) for Led Zeppelin, I wanted to put up a tribute for Jimmy Page on his birthday about the great love affair of his life. No, it wasn't Miss Pamela or Lori Lightning. It wasn't even a girl at all. It was -- plot twist! -- Jack Daniels.<br /><br />I have an intense love for photos of rock stars drinking copious amounts of booze. Yeah, sure, there's a level of badassery to them -- evidence of the hard-partying world of rock'n'roll that I can't help but dream at night about joining. But frankly I just love seeing <a href="http://31.media.tumblr.com/5b0549b15705e54f09755d29452dba72/tumblr_mml51rTTLQ1rn8ya7o1_1280.jpg" target="_blank">famous people shitfaced</a>. In the name of SERIOUS JOURNALISM I took the liberty of scouring through the internet to find photos of Jimmy Page living out Ke$ha lyrics with his&nbsp;bottle of Jack. Of the famous image of Jimmy with his head back chugging from the bottle, Neal Preston (the lucky photographer who captured the image in 1975, top row center of the above collage) said: "The bottle stayed up in the air for what seemed like eternity. Normally I would have shot a whole motor-drive sequence of photos, but I only took one frame. I guess that photo says a lot." <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Title: "Hey Hey What Can I Do" (Led Zeppelin)</span></i></div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2014/01/i-got-woman-stay-drunk-all-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)88tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-7750892214642431787Mon, 30 Dec 2013 00:19:00 +00002013-12-29T18:19:58.126-06:00Marianne Faithfullthrough the yearsi guess she kept those vagabond ways<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today is the birthday of the legendary Marianne Faithfull, my personal hero. Though lots of names have been thrust upon her -- Miss X, Mick Jagger's moll, the Girl on a Motorcycle, the survivor of rock'n'roll, the Godmother of Punk -- there are not enough words to describe her incredible artistry and spirit. Her story and experiences span many lifetimes, and her recording history and film roles are awe-inducing.&nbsp;A feature I used to do way, way back in DRG history was called "Through the Years," where I'd do a sort of biography of a person through photos and personal quotes. This will be an abbreviated version of that -- just some of my favorite photos of Marianne and her always-incredible quotes, because the only way to appreciate the glory of MF is to revel in her genius.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3dQycLQqyhw/UsC2eo9G2PI/AAAAAAAAAH4/18a-_arOLYI/s1600/24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3dQycLQqyhw/UsC2eo9G2PI/AAAAAAAAAH4/18a-_arOLYI/s640/24.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"At a time when my life as a grown-up should have begun, I was still very much a child. And everything that has happened to me, it's as if it happened to a child. All my attempts at growing up were really no more than a child's playing make believe."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3HBEquZqCCk/UsC2eiJWggI/AAAAAAAAAHw/yPLH3fp4dts/s1600/MF+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3HBEquZqCCk/UsC2eiJWggI/AAAAAAAAAHw/yPLH3fp4dts/s640/MF+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"One of the hazards of reforming your evil ways is that some people won't let go of their mind's eye of you as a wild thing."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YZ2CPaX_CLg/UsC2SoTm5FI/AAAAAAAAAG8/ZgvCok2FJKk/s1600/img184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YZ2CPaX_CLg/UsC2SoTm5FI/AAAAAAAAAG8/ZgvCok2FJKk/s640/img184.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Maybe the most that you can expect from a relationship that goes bad is to come out of it with a few good songs."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m19TCH4Bi58/UsC2TL_lpgI/AAAAAAAAAHE/E6_fdZCP9sc/s1600/img998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m19TCH4Bi58/UsC2TL_lpgI/AAAAAAAAAHE/E6_fdZCP9sc/s640/img998.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Between the ages of 17 and 19 I shed any number of old lives and grew new ones overnight without them seeming quite real to me; I discarded them as cavalierly as a child who moves from one game to another. Pursued in interest, any one of these might have led to a reasonably happy life. But then again, I wasn't interested in happiness. I was looking for the Holy Grail."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l3XQBheNTac/UsC2QdCwqQI/AAAAAAAAAGo/ZOt4ejwkszs/s1600/MF+3+friends.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l3XQBheNTac/UsC2QdCwqQI/AAAAAAAAAGo/ZOt4ejwkszs/s640/MF+3+friends.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"The sixties was a great motley cast of characters in an ongoing operetta with multi-hued costumes to match. What I remember most is how beautiful everybody was, and, of course, the beautiful clothes: we dressed up like medieval damsels and princes, pre-Raphaelite Madonnas, popes, hussars, mad hatters and creatures visiting from other planets."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k0lLDZIaczc/UsC2TjPYFJI/AAAAAAAAAHI/hof3Q3sjyAo/s1600/tumblr_kow4p0aOZG1qzl3bvo1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k0lLDZIaczc/UsC2TjPYFJI/AAAAAAAAAHI/hof3Q3sjyAo/s640/tumblr_kow4p0aOZG1qzl3bvo1_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"They asked me to star in a Mars Bar ad. I told them to fuck off."&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9vgs4uSzlLI/UsC2PTVr_hI/AAAAAAAAAGg/HJU5tsfVOFs/s1600/MF+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9vgs4uSzlLI/UsC2PTVr_hI/AAAAAAAAAGg/HJU5tsfVOFs/s640/MF+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Suicidal urges come out like commands. It's not like any other urge, like I'd like a pizza."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oE1jJEkrnJ4/UsC2ULen-yI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/YMxcE2TwLRo/s1600/tumblr_kpoo2aGov11qzetxto1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oE1jJEkrnJ4/UsC2ULen-yI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/YMxcE2TwLRo/s640/tumblr_kpoo2aGov11qzetxto1_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5OJPyATBO6A/UsC2UujgAuI/AAAAAAAAAHY/3LgOfgI_MNg/s1600/tumblr_kthpo5ei9y1qa27dxo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5OJPyATBO6A/UsC2UujgAuI/AAAAAAAAAHY/3LgOfgI_MNg/s640/tumblr_kthpo5ei9y1qa27dxo1_500.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"We lived these lives a thousand years ago as courtesans, as opium-eaters at the court of the Kubla Khan. We had drunk of the milk of Paradise and its transforming liquidity made us all quite porous. There were no boundaries where Alph the sacred river ran. No genders, no time and space. We simply sparkled and vibrated. We were all pulsating little Bodhisattvas. I was in love with everybody. Actually, I was everybody."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fPFcaQSpW7s/UsC2RpxjfsI/AAAAAAAAAG4/7K-Iq6lvtlI/s1600/MF+Mick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fPFcaQSpW7s/UsC2RpxjfsI/AAAAAAAAAG4/7K-Iq6lvtlI/s640/MF+Mick.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"I never trusted anybody at all. I don't know why it was so hard, I just didn't."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SlGL0qaLoEM/UsC2VCsIirI/AAAAAAAAAHk/bJsifOnEnIQ/s1600/tumblr_ky9z3c7Gga1qzr4zco1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SlGL0qaLoEM/UsC2VCsIirI/AAAAAAAAAHk/bJsifOnEnIQ/s640/tumblr_ky9z3c7Gga1qzr4zco1_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"I think drugs were used by me as a way of suppressing my natural spirit."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YumWF2yfRMw/UsC2QyuSoCI/AAAAAAAAAGs/1H2V9C5EpTE/s1600/MF+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YumWF2yfRMw/UsC2QyuSoCI/AAAAAAAAAGs/1H2V9C5EpTE/s640/MF+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Never apologize, never explain -- didn't we always say that? Well, I haven't and I don't."</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Title: from "Vagabond Ways" (Marianne Faithfull)</span></i></div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/12/i-guess-she-kept-those-vagabond-ways.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-3934892736939087330Sat, 21 Dec 2013 00:11:00 +00002013-12-20T18:29:06.300-06:00Groupie CoutureJane BirkinPamela Des BarresPamela Lovepersonal stylewish listDRG Holiday Wish List<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Can anyone believe how fast this past year has gone by? It's astounding to me that in less than two weeks 2013 will be over. December is always a massive blur to me -- as a December baby (and a child of two Sags as well), the month is a nonstop train of birthday wishes and holiday parties. But still, what a wonderful, wonderful time of year! Though many people dread the process of finding gifts for people -- and yes, I do agree it is an oftentimes impossible task to find the perfect thing for someone! -- I love the hunt. Giving someone something that is so fantastically bizarre or genuinely on-point to their personality is seriously the BEST THING! As much as I adore giving serious gifts, I love having someone unwrap a gift and being completely bewildered by its seeming randomness. (Quite honestly, everything I buy people is rooted in something we've either discussed in depth or in passing -- it's never <i>entirely</i> random!)&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During the holiday shopping process to find perfect gifts for everyone I know, I inevitably ending up mentally shopping for myself in equal measure.&nbsp;I've compiled a list of goodies that I wouldn't mind Santa (or anyone else, <i>wink wink</i>!) putting under the tree this year. Here are my top ten obsessions (clockwise from the top left):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FbcNV5dJzkM/UrTP0yHVLuI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/Q_jv7iSmH9s/s1600/XMAS+2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FbcNV5dJzkM/UrTP0yHVLuI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/Q_jv7iSmH9s/s640/XMAS+2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. <a href="http://groupiecouture.com/store/accoutrements/delicate-frothy-boa.html" target="_blank">Groupie Couture Delicate, Frothy Feather Boa&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What can I say about Groupie Couture? I am so, SO fond of Miss Pamela's line! I've ordered from it several times and I am always struck by the love and care that so obviously goes into every aspect of the GC experience: the design, the packaging, the lovely little notes that come attached! I have two of the beaded necklaces and I swear that some groupie magic is in these beads because I always have the most magical musical luck when I wear them. This boa is the most fantastically fun addition that I NEED for my wardrobe.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am so jealous of the girls who model for the site -- tell me, what can I do to become a GC doll?!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. <a href="http://www.thewildunknown.com/collections/astrology/products/sagittarius" target="_blank">The Wild Unknown Zodiac Print</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">No offense to the other Zodiac signs, but I am oh so glad to be a Sagittarius -- as Keith Richards rightly put it, we're half-man, half-horse, with a license to shit in the streets. But even just from a visual standpoint, Sags are pretty awesome. The Wild Unknown always offers the MOST beautiful designs (I have their tarot deck and each card is a work of art), and I inevitably want every single thing they come out with. Seriously, I scroll through their Instagram page daily for design inspiration and I can already envisioned this Zodiac work framed in my apartment.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/92658801/hells-bells-paint-it-black-crushed?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank">Gypsy Stardust Hells Bells</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This Etsy design duo has been on my radar for quite a while -- their handmade velvet bell bottoms are the best I've seen by any designer, period. Unlike other takes on the design, they don't skimp on the bell part of the bottom, making each step look assuredly dramatic and dreamily 70s. My new mission is to accumulate every single piece on their site, but of course I want to start with every variation on their incredible Hells Bells!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. Pamela Love <a href="http://www.pamelalovenyc.com/collections/rings/products/pentagram-ring" target="_blank">Pentagram Ring</a> and <a href="http://www.pamelalovenyc.com/collections/rings/products/serpent-ring" target="_blank">Serpent Ring</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can never get enough of Pamela Love's fabulous designs -- they're so layered in different cultural traditions and histories, they transcend the realm of fashionable accessories and become works of art (and in that regard, I am VERY HAPPILY a museum to PL's art). Both rings are intricately detailed and packed with meaning. Of the Pentagram ring, Love's site explains, "the circle symbolizes eternity, the cycles of life and nature. The circle touching all 5 points indicates that the spirit, earth, air, water and fire are all connected." How lovely! And I have a bit of a collection of snake jewelry that I've accumulated over the years, so I need to add this rattlesnake piece pronto.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5. <a href="http://www.bonadrag.com/index.php?l=product_detail&amp;p=2400" target="_blank">Wendy Nichol Symbols Bullet Bag</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Obviously, this bag -- which retails for over one thousand dollars -- is a MAJOR wishlist item, but if Santa feels particularly generous, I certainly wouldn't object. The bullet bag has long been my favorite shape for its versatility (it can be worn as a crossbody purse, an oversized wristlet or backpack!), and I love the Egyptian symbology that adorns the base of this braided leather bag.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">6. <a href="http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/05779/facts.jane_serge_a_family_album.htm" target="_blank"><i>Jane and Serge, A Family Album</i> by Andrew Birkin</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My reading list is a neverending queue of books that I can never hope to accomplish in my lifetime, but currently at the top of that list is this splendid new release from Taschen. The book details the legendary relationship of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, a duo notorious the world over and legendary in the decades since they parted ways. Though photographers detailed every aspect of their relationship, it was rarely as intimate as this. Jane's brother Andrew photographed the couple in private times, capturing moments when they were a loving family in addition to musical hellraisers and artists. A really astounding portrait of two people we thought we knew everything about.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">7. <a href="http://www.freepeople.com/shipwreck-cove-dress/" target="_blank">Free People Shipwreck Cove Dress</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I look at this dress, I envision myself spinning in circles, Stevie Nicks style! The mix of tassels, lace and all other goodness is a hippie dream.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8. <a href="https://catbirdnyc.com/shop/product.php?productid=19442&amp;cat=376&amp;page=1" target="_blank">Catbird Tarot Deck Solid Perfume</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been eyeing this for quite a while and this weekend I finally bought it for myself as a little birthday present. The scent is incredible -- composed of incense, Turkish rose and pencil shavings. I wouldn't mind receiving a few for Christmas and stocking up on what I'm sure will be my new signature scent!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">9. <a href="http://www.threadsence.com/uprising-metallic-maxi-skirt.html" target="_blank">Threadsence Uprising Metallic Maxi Skirt&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ever since doing a <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/12/have-you-seen-her-all-in-gold-like.html" target="_blank">post on Karen Umphrey</a> and including her note about her "super spacey" look on the cover of <i>Star </i>Magazine, I've been wanting to have something super shiny and metallic all my own! I love this because it can be worn as a daring maxi skirt with a slit up the side, or worn with a slip underneath and belted as a strapless dress. Something versatile and positively va-va-voom? Yes please!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10. <a href="http://www.childofwild.com/collections/objects/products/ganado-mucho-navajo-blanket" target="_blank">Child of Wild Ganado Mucho Navajo Chief Blanket</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Child of Wild is a recent discovery of mine -- and everything on their site is perfection! Sourced from all over the world, the site offers the MOST incredible selection of jewelry, headpieces and home goods such as wooden boxes, jewel-encrusted skulls and this colorful cotton blanket. For the past few months, I've been decorating my first real adult apartment and been on the lookout for incredible things to decorate it with. This blanket will be the perfect addition!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These are my top holiday wishes -- so if Santa is out there, please put these under my tree this December 25th! What is on the top of <i>your </i>holiday wish list?&nbsp;</div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/12/drg-holiday-wish-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-2865809588762973048Sun, 15 Dec 2013 02:35:00 +00002013-12-14T20:56:45.558-06:001970sgroupiesJohn BonhamLed ZeppelinLori Maddoxpersonal styleShop It to Meunlikely fashion iconsShop It to Me: John Bonham, Unlikely Fashionista<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On the short list of things John Bonham was known for, ‘style icon’ doesn’t usually come to mind. Master drummer, champion drinker, seafood enthusiast (<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-10-wildest-led-zeppelin-legends-fact-checked-20121121/led-zeppelin-once-defiled-a-groupie-with-a-mud-shark-19691231" target="_blank">ALLEGEDLY</a>), possessor of a cool nickname, yeah, but he’s not really known for his style. Even within Led Zeppelin, eyes were usually on Jimmy Page’s astral-occult outfits and Robert Plant’s golden mane and chest-baring floral blouses. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But I am <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really</i>into this outfit he wore to his 24th birthday party at the legendary Rainbow Bar &amp; Grill (even though it’s credited in some places as being the English Disco, my trusted sources (aka anonymous people on the internet) say that it’s the Rainbow Bar).&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">According to my calculations – which entailed me taking the year of his birth (1948) and adding 24 to it – the year is 1972, so of course Lori Maddox is on his arm. She was with Jimmy then, but much like the unanswerable question of a tree in the woods, if Led Zeppelin was in L.A. in ’72 and Lori Lightning wasn’t around, were they actually even there?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V12nkqlDjd8/Uq0URFCS2II/AAAAAAAAAGA/YJWJTOl8blg/s1600/Shop+It+To+Me_John+Bonham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V12nkqlDjd8/Uq0URFCS2II/AAAAAAAAAGA/YJWJTOl8blg/s640/Shop+It+To+Me_John+Bonham.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It’s a rather basic outfit, but he makes it look SO COOL. I looked around at a couple of my favorite online destinations to recreate this birthday suit (bad pun!):</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Start with a basic striped tank top, like <a href="http://store.americanapparel.net/product/?productId=rsa0419w" target="_blank">this unisex tank from American Apparel</a>. Add a pair of your comfiest, most broken-in jeans and tuck the tank in and top with a belt. At this point, I know you all are rolling your eyes because I’m basically describing the least creative outfit in the history of existence. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hey, here’s an idea everyone: wear a shirt AND pants! It’s fashion! C’est magnifique!</i> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But be quiet, folks! It’s about to get interesting. Bonzo jazzes these wardrobe staples up a bit with a velvet blazer. I am fond of any use of velvet, but I was particularly struck by <a href="http://www.nastygal.com/clothes%2Douterwear%2Dblazers/velvet%2Dlover%2Dblazer" target="_blank">this crushed velvet number from Nasty Gal</a>. He is also wearing <a href="http://www.nastygal.com/accessories%2Dhair%2Dhats/lone%2Drider%2Dwool%2Dhat" target="_blank">a killer wide brim hat</a>, and manages to wear it at night and indoors without looking like a fool – it’s quite a feat. I wish more people wore hats. It would make the world a bit hipper. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To up his awesome factor to OFF THE CHARTS, he ties on a neckerchief. I wholeheartedly support this, because I don’t understand why neckerchiefs ever fell out of fashion – seriously, why isn’t everyone wearing one everyday? NECKERCHIEFS ARE SEXY. Any square of fabric – from a Levi’s bandana to an Herm<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">è</span>s silk scarf – will do, but I found <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Neckerchief-Polyster-Cotton-Size/dp/B007TKIESE" target="_blank">this black one for super cheap</a>. And it’s on Amazon, so if you Amazon Prime that shizz then you’ll have a groovy throat-cover for less than $15! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I couldn’t find any photos that included what kind of shoes he was wearing, but I assume because he was a boy that his shoes were boring. So instead of suggesting you wear a pair of black boots or whatever he was probably wearing, I suggest something SPARKLY like <a href="http://www.freepeople.com/shoes/centinela-ankle-boot/_/PRODUCTOPTIONIDS/E799B7D9-63D7-4084-8B5F-834CE2051FD0/" target="_blank">these fancy ankle boots from Free People</a> – I like these because the metallic is a bit cracked and imperfect, so they don’t look too precious. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There you go – the coolest, chillest outfit you’ll ever wear. And we’ve got Bonzo to thank, who woulda thunk it?!</span></div><!--EndFragment-->http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/12/shop-it-to-me-john-bonham-unlikely.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-2941520624170732294Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:00:00 +00002013-12-10T00:00:48.322-06:001970sfashion icongroupiesKaren UmphreymagazinesmodelsStar MagazineSunset Striphave you seen her all in gold, like a queen in days of old, she shoots colors all around, like a sunset going down <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GNd0XvvCKw8/UqatIPqmvrI/AAAAAAAAAFw/7MfoCRQ1GvA/s1600/Karen+Umphrey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GNd0XvvCKw8/UqatIPqmvrI/AAAAAAAAAFw/7MfoCRQ1GvA/s640/Karen+Umphrey.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I’ve been reading through all the issues of the 1973 groupie-themed publication </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Star Magazine </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(infinite thanks to the divine creature who runs </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.star1973.com/">http://www.star1973.com/</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">for sharing their wealth of groupieness!), and keep finding myself time and again being caught by the loveliness of Karen Umphrey, a model favorite of the magazine. I’ve seen several photos of her around before, all big doe eyes and her curly platinum hair forming a halo around her, and always absolutely killer glam rock girl outfits. Even though she wasn’t a groupie per se, she was definitely part of the milieu of baby groupies that ruled the Sunset Strip in the early 70s. There are photos of her quite literally kicking up her heels while surrounded by the likes of Lori, Sable and Queenie, but it seems that Karen was simply friends with them and didn’t indulge in their groupie antics.&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Not much about her life beyond her time at a teen model is readily found, but for a while she dominated the pages of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Star, Teen</i> and other glammy youngster mags. Karen was a covergirl on the third and fifth (and final) issues of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Star. </i>In the latter edition, she was one of several Star It Girls including Lori Maddox (listed as ‘Laurie Mattix’ – I’ll never understand why there are so many variations of her name out there!) and Shray Mecham to offer beauty and style advice in the section “Beauty and the Fox.” When asked by a reader how she puts together her signature look, she offers delightfully sweet and fun advice:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“I call this month’s cover outfit [lower left corner of the above collage] my super spacey look! I used makeup that compliments the gold lame jacket I have (from Hollywood’s Granny Takes A Trip Boutique). The jacket shines with sparkly dazzling light so I wear makeup that reflects it and makes my face glow. But the real excitement of this look comes from co-ordinating my makeup with my outfit. Blonde hair, of course, looks especially foxy with silver or gold. My hair is naturally light and always kinky after I wash it. So I brush it out with a blow dryer, then pincurl it. As far as makeup goes, I use a bronzish-beige sheen gel foundation and apply a beige-pink blusher below my cheekbones to highlight them. Then I apply bronze-maroon lipstick which sort of accents my foundation color. As for my eyes I don’t wear any mascara with this outfit because black or dark harsh lines destroy that shiny soft effect. I just apply silvery-blue shadow on my lids and let it radiate from the corner of my eyes to my eyebrows for a spacey, bizarre look. Then I smudge a smidgen of eyeshadow under my bottom lashes to bring out my baby blues. For a real touch of makeup fun, I’ll put a silver star beauty mark on my cheek (like a 40’s strumpet)! The lame jacket has a gemmed pin on the lapel just to throw some more razzle-dazzle into it, and I love to wear silver rings and a hand-crafted gold lion head belt that fastens low on my hips. To top it off, a multi-colored hand-crocheted micro-mini. Just to make the outfit casual instead of ritzy vogue formal, I sling a striped Indian scarf around my neck, and let it all hang loose!”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I know that her quote was lengthy, but I had to include all of it. It’s so absolutely darling and obviously her outfit is kind of incredible so in-depth style advice is always appreciated. And she uses words like ‘foxy’ and ‘strumpet’! How wonderful is that?! She’s totally the kind of girl I would’ve been obsessed with if I was a young teen in the early 1970s. Actually, if I’m being honest, I still really super dig her and I’m twenty-two in the 21<sup>st</sup> century.</span><!--EndFragment--> <br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Title: from "She's A Rainbow" (The Rolling Stones)</i></span></div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/12/have-you-seen-her-all-in-gold-like.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-8018524702341983686Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:23:00 +00002013-12-03T16:23:11.348-06:001980sBilly CrystalcinemaspirationfilmsMeg RyanromcomsCinemaspiration: When Harry Met Sally... <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've been thinking a lot about Billy Crystal lately. I'm not really sure why (other than that he's Billy Crystal and amazing and there doesn't need to be a reason for it), but in the past few weeks I have listened to his Nerdist podcast three times, read his&nbsp;memoir and watched a handful of his films pretty much on loop. (My Thanksgiving holiday consisted of watching <i>The Princess Bride</i>&nbsp;approximately eleven times.)&nbsp;</span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I watched <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">When Harry Met Sally… </i>while in the airport waiting to take a flight to see my family for Thanksgiving, and it was such a funny experience. Multiple women (and one brave teenage boy) came up to me to tell me how much they loved the movie. Honestly, after the third time I was tempted to tell them I too loved the movie hence why I wanted to watch it UNINTERRUPTED, but I didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;(Manners!)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I’ve never had that experience where strangers feel compelled to tell me they are as into something as I am, especially in New York where in my experience people think you’re unhinged if you dare smile at them on the subway, but I guess that speaks to the how beloved the film is. It’s not really a secret that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">When Harry Met Sally…</i>is a super well-loved film, but I had never witnessed the cultural obsession surrounding the film beyond the realms of IMDB. I guess that would be because the film is a rare romantic comedy, in that it is actually both romantic and genuinely funny. Not only that, but the debate over ‘can men and women ever really be friends?’ still continues today. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But since I am supremely superficial, when I watch this film I think less about the nature of male-female relationships as I do about how cute Meg Ryan is and how much I wish I could find a t-shirt that says ‘Don’t Fuck With Mr. Zero.’ </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">About halfway through the film, the duo spend the day walking through parks and galleries talking about everything from sexual fantasies to being proud to partake in pecan pie. Harry and Sally are close friends at this point (though, interestingly, in his Nerdist podcast, Billy said that the bit where they talk in funny accents was supposed to show Harry falling for Sally already and developing a funny voice in order to make her laugh. I don’t know, I thought that was really interesting and cool), and Sally tells him that she has a date that night. Harry implies that she shouldn’t wear that outfit on her date and that she should wear a skirt – a comment I suppose meant to imply to the viewer that they’re starting to be interested in each other, but made me go ‘SHUT UP HARRY!’ Not only because Sally is a LADY who can wear whatever she wants, but her outfit is really awesome. A patterned wool sweater, high-waisted trousers, an awesome hat and a snazzy blazer with shoulder-pads? Yes please! I would wear that outfit everyday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dBbYvzv32HY/Up5Xes-u15I/AAAAAAAAAFk/8MAZmlL-QRU/s1600/Sal1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dBbYvzv32HY/Up5Xes-u15I/AAAAAAAAAFk/8MAZmlL-QRU/s640/Sal1.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pm5_qLfMERU/Up5XXQR4fvI/AAAAAAAAAE8/jpVh4ss4SYw/s1600/Sal2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pm5_qLfMERU/Up5XXQR4fvI/AAAAAAAAAE8/jpVh4ss4SYw/s640/Sal2.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PUupRUDdyBY/Up5XaZd1MsI/AAAAAAAAAFM/3X88HiB1dGM/s1600/Sal3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PUupRUDdyBY/Up5XaZd1MsI/AAAAAAAAAFM/3X88HiB1dGM/s640/Sal3.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_D6-zWYbwzM/Up5XYxHaQqI/AAAAAAAAAFE/gIj1DSf4l1I/s1600/Sal4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_D6-zWYbwzM/Up5XYxHaQqI/AAAAAAAAAFE/gIj1DSf4l1I/s640/Sal4.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G-f6-bTktmk/Up5XbbWZf2I/AAAAAAAAAFU/t7KU3aCiWDY/s1600/Sal5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G-f6-bTktmk/Up5XbbWZf2I/AAAAAAAAAFU/t7KU3aCiWDY/s640/Sal5.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gtyNVxoHSZI/Up5XcIZXisI/AAAAAAAAAFc/uNm72X9WS9Y/s1600/Sal6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gtyNVxoHSZI/Up5XcIZXisI/AAAAAAAAAFc/uNm72X9WS9Y/s640/Sal6.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /> <!--EndFragment-->http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/12/cinemaspiration-when-harry-met-sally.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-4261463255797855358Wed, 27 Nov 2013 23:18:00 +00002013-11-27T17:18:35.649-06:00Anita PallenbergBebe BuellBianca JaggerDebbie HarryJane BirkinLinda McCartneyMarianne FaithfullMichelle PhillipsmusesPamela Des BarresPattie BoydSara DylanStevie NicksYoko Onotangerine, tangerine, living reflections from a dreamAfter having the pleasure of getting to know her through various email conversations and looking through her work, I've decided that Ash King is my cosmic soulmate. She is so incredibly insightful about all things relating to music -- from embracing the flames of inspiration to create music to offering profoundly true commentary about the current state of and history of rock 'n' roll. (Please check out my interview with Ash&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/11/interview-ash-king-coke-sympathy-rock.html" target="_blank">here</a>&nbsp;and become just as obsessed as I am!) In her new show, Ash created a character Wild Delilah, a combination of all the strong female figures throughout rock history (think Janis, Marianne, Stevie and the like), but it's evident that Ash herself is a force to be reckoned with.&nbsp;In honor of Ash's brilliant new show <a href="http://www.cokeandsympathy.com/" target="_blank">Coke &amp; Sympathy: A Rock &amp; Roll Cabaret</a>, I've compiled some of my favorite images of the incredible female muses and musicians who have shaped rock music. &nbsp;<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-31k89EFqI9I/UpZ5iPxkD6I/AAAAAAAAADM/tkFlby5yRbE/s1600/1qzzz6ko1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-31k89EFqI9I/UpZ5iPxkD6I/AAAAAAAAADM/tkFlby5yRbE/s640/1qzzz6ko1_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Linda Eastman McCartney, rock photographer-turned-musician&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3cQrVOty7uY/UpZ5hUA8WtI/AAAAAAAAADA/NJhQJvMkl08/s1600/005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3cQrVOty7uY/UpZ5hUA8WtI/AAAAAAAAADA/NJhQJvMkl08/s640/005.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anita 'the Sixth Stone' Pallenberg -- how does she always look so bewitching and enigmatic?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t5tBel6fv-4/UpZ5hp8WnrI/AAAAAAAAADE/kSiDYkU3DvM/s1600/11hqfb5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t5tBel6fv-4/UpZ5hp8WnrI/AAAAAAAAADE/kSiDYkU3DvM/s640/11hqfb5.jpg" width="622" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jane Birkin</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JsBqCcBenz4/UpZ5i0tyQqI/AAAAAAAAADU/hWgixMDLPwY/s1600/Baron+Wolman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JsBqCcBenz4/UpZ5i0tyQqI/AAAAAAAAADU/hWgixMDLPwY/s640/Baron+Wolman.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The GTOs, as photographed by Baron Wolman</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACicUoR25gQ/UpZ5kj5WOcI/AAAAAAAAADc/Ifq92bocK2E/s1600/Bebe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="532" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACicUoR25gQ/UpZ5kj5WOcI/AAAAAAAAADc/Ifq92bocK2E/s640/Bebe.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The impossibly lovely Bebe Buell</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DGsaxjochJA/UpZ5lPl2SfI/AAAAAAAAADs/iarIiNXNUZA/s1600/Debbie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DGsaxjochJA/UpZ5lPl2SfI/AAAAAAAAADs/iarIiNXNUZA/s640/Debbie.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Debbie Harry, looking heaven-sent</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9ps_YV-YKSA/UpZ5lcbfo9I/AAAAAAAAADk/L31Da7lcf6s/s1600/GailZappa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9ps_YV-YKSA/UpZ5lcbfo9I/AAAAAAAAADk/L31Da7lcf6s/s640/GailZappa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gamine flower child Gail Zappa</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WQqU-QNxDj4/UpZ5nPqGHrI/AAAAAAAAAD4/0ff4hkD_96E/s1600/Michelle+Phillips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WQqU-QNxDj4/UpZ5nPqGHrI/AAAAAAAAAD4/0ff4hkD_96E/s640/Michelle+Phillips.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mama Michelle Phillips is one of the most notorious muses and is known for her captivating spirit -- read <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/12/phillips200712" target="_blank">her <i>Vanity Fair </i>profile</a> from a few back to learn more about her charm</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_5Qff-8Uwsc/UpZ5oXwVhEI/AAAAAAAAAD8/iKkSMiJngv8/s1600/R-13_Gruen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_5Qff-8Uwsc/UpZ5oXwVhEI/AAAAAAAAAD8/iKkSMiJngv8/s640/R-13_Gruen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Muse/musician/artist/activist Yoko Ono is always a controversial subject of discussion, but there is no denying her impact on music, culture and society at large</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lraKX285uec/UpZ5oztiEfI/AAAAAAAAAEE/YlQNv-bweC0/s1600/stevie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lraKX285uec/UpZ5oztiEfI/AAAAAAAAAEE/YlQNv-bweC0/s640/stevie.jpg" width="505" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dream goddess Stevie Nicks</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1n-iKvBC_f4/UpZ5pNhNtEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Adh20VEDe6E/s1600/zappa28f-4-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1n-iKvBC_f4/UpZ5pNhNtEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Adh20VEDe6E/s640/zappa28f-4-web.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The GTOs in the studio with Zappa</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g0ChaMw4JYA/UpZ6bsR1DEI/AAAAAAAAAEY/EcbX0W7UqhU/s1600/Bianca+Jagger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g0ChaMw4JYA/UpZ6bsR1DEI/AAAAAAAAAEY/EcbX0W7UqhU/s640/Bianca+Jagger.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leave it to Bianca Jagger to make a backstage pass look even cooler than it already is</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YvcpqzleiB4/UpZ6cjC_IQI/AAAAAAAAAEg/cXm8YMG3_Oc/s1600/MF+nun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YvcpqzleiB4/UpZ6cjC_IQI/AAAAAAAAAEg/cXm8YMG3_Oc/s640/MF+nun.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Marianne Faithfull is joined by David Bowie for their infamous performance of "I've Got You Babe"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fdPSXkQy7M/UpZ6dsyfXbI/AAAAAAAAAEk/XMwfLeV3faA/s1600/Pattie+and+Sarah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fdPSXkQy7M/UpZ6dsyfXbI/AAAAAAAAAEk/XMwfLeV3faA/s640/Pattie+and+Sarah.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two of the most important muses of the twentieth century, Sara Dylan and Pattie Boyd, chat at Isle of Wight (anyone else impossibly curious as to what they're talking about?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Title: from "Tangerine" (Led Zeppelin)</i></span></div><br />http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/11/tangerine-tangerine-living-reflections.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-4072306454135826515Wed, 27 Nov 2013 22:06:00 +00002013-11-27T16:24:52.427-06:00fashion icongroupieshippiesinterviewsmusemusesmusicmusicalsInterview: Ash King, Coke & Sympathy: A Rock & Roll Cabaret<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Over the past few months, I've had the absolute pleasure of getting to know Ash King, a talented musician, a cosmic goddess and one of the loveliest humans I've ever met (well, we've only ever met online, but e-meetings still count in my book!) Born in Sydney and raised on rock bands like Motley Crue, INXS and The Doors, Ash always was interested in music and musical theatre, though she describes an early teenage experience at a Queen tribute show to be her "musical epiphany." She gets to do what we all wish we could do, describing her career as a full-time musician as such: "[I] get to sing Rolling Stones and Queen songs for a living, and I'm also starting up an originals bands, working on some new blues rock tracks."&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One of Ash's many projects is her incredible <a href="http://www.cokeandsympathy.com/" target="_blank">Coke &amp; Sympathy: A Rock &amp; Roll Cabaret</a>, a musical story about a groupie goddess by the name of Wild Delilah that weaves together personal experiences, myths and legends in rock history as well as meditations on the nature of women in the music scene.&nbsp;I had a lovely conversation with Ash about her groovy self, the inspiration for her show and the state of all things groupie, fashion and rock 'n' roll. Please check all the glorious things she had to say and get to know this inspiring woman!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bXYMX1LGJMc/UpZrZrfiW5I/AAAAAAAAACY/eZ0z9ao0mLI/s1600/1463031_614340855288128_733823276_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bXYMX1LGJMc/UpZrZrfiW5I/AAAAAAAAACY/eZ0z9ao0mLI/s640/1463031_614340855288128_733823276_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What was the genesis behind your project, Coke &amp; Sympathy? What this something that you had always dreamed of doing? What inspired you to do the show?&nbsp;</span></b><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A friend of mine actually suggested I put on a cabaret. I'd never really seen a great deal of it and didn't think it was my bag, but he insisted "No, you should do a <i>rock &amp; roll </i>cabaret." I thought it could be a fun idea - fusing the intimate, raconteur-ish nature of cabaret, with the intensity and energy of rock music. Then last year I was terribly silly and went and fell in love with a rock guitarist and it was all a complete disaster. What better way to heal a broken heart than to talk about it in front of a room of strangers!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Tell us a bit about your character, Wild Delilah -- what qualities from different&nbsp;</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>women of the 60s and 70s can be found in her?</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wild Delilah is a combination of myself and a few of my favourite female characters from rock history. Glimpses of female music artists like Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Stevie Nicks and Joni Mitchell can be seen in Wild Delilah, as well as famous rock &amp; roll muses like Patti Boyd, Bebe Buell &amp; Pamela Des Barres. Wild Delilah's main dilemma is that she doesn't want to get stuck being the girl who inspires, and instead wants to be inspired herself. She wants to create. But now she's gone and fallen in love with an egotistical guitarist - so she's kind of stuck between rock &amp; a hard place!&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&nbsp;</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Like you, I am fascinated and troubled by the roles that women in the rock scene (particularly of the heady 60s &amp; 70s, but it’s definitely still an issue today) are forced into: it seems that largely women were (and still often are) described in relation to male musicians, and have the ‘groupie’ tag thrust upon them. Groupie gals are undeniably fabulous, but it’s frustrating when musicians like Marianne and Joni are overlooked for their musical contributions and are called ‘groupies’ because they dated musicians as well. It seems easier for this male-dominated history to condense a woman from describing her many talents, professions and interests into just who she hung around with. (It’s heartbreaking how time and time again, I’ve read articles about Anita that make no mention of her modeling, acting or design career – just saying she was a German girl who slept with three Rolling Stones and had a drug habit.) What is your personal insight into this issue, as a lover of rock and as an artist herself? Do you see a solution?<o:p></o:p></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Great question! I do agree rock history often highlights the presence of women as mere symbols of men's physical, emotional and creative stimulation but rarely as artists in their own right. Women are needed to create the perfect picture of this ultimate rock star lifestyle, but here they only exist as ornamentation. They aren't supposed to create, they're supposed to stand at the side of the stage and look pretty. And the women who really fight against these conceptions, the women to whom creating art is their sole objective, often seem to de-femnise themselves to a certain extent so that they aren't subject to comparison with the vapid beauties of the rock &amp; roll scene (think of Janis Joplin and Patti Smith). I think because rock is, at its core, a man's game, it will be a struggle for any woman to really get the respect and consideration she deserves as an artist first and foremost, but this by no means says women should stop creating. On the contrary. If more women stand up for their own place to exist and thrive in the rock &amp; roll world hopefully we can start dismantling some of these not-so-groovy attitudes.<!--EndFragment--> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LGwkzh3o3CQ/UpZr2Ka_eWI/AAAAAAAAACg/y2Cp7WUmxMc/s1600/SLIDER2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LGwkzh3o3CQ/UpZr2Ka_eWI/AAAAAAAAACg/y2Cp7WUmxMc/s640/SLIDER2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On a related note, I think we have similar feelings in regards to the state of the term ‘groupie’ in general. The way that it was used back in the days of Miss Pamela and the GTOs is far different from the connotations people award it now. Do you believe there is a difference in groupie behavior from the 60s and today, or is it more to do with a difference between how society looks at this behavior? Do you buy into the taboo of the groupie label?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I think the "groupie" label has mutated quite drastically to what it meant in the 60s, and now seems to be a very accusatory term. We've moved on from the trendy free-love attitude of the swinging sixties, and being a modern-day groupie is kind of shameful.&nbsp;The groupie culture is still as present as ever, but now exists in a kind of strange, unsettling place where we don't know if the women part of it are just glorified sex dolls, desperate fame mongers, or sinister symbols of women's self-promoted servitude. But there has to be a differentiating term between the women who are there just to get their rocks off and the ones who are there because of the music. I've always liked Penny Lane's description from Almost Famous: "We're not groupies. Groupies sleep with rock stars because they want to be near someone famous. We're here because of the music. We inspire the music. We are Band-Aides."&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I love the title of your show (I am a complete Rolling Stones nut!) – I am curious to know who your musical influences are and who your favorite musicians are.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Obviously a massive Stones fan. Queen will always be my favourite band of all time, so I bow at the alter of Freddie Mercury. But I also love The Beatles (aside from Paul McCarntey, who I am bound to dislike, being an avid Lennon supporter), Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith. Early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green I adore. And I'm a huge sucker for Billy Joel. I have all his records and think he's an incredibly talented musician and performer.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Your show offers your own re-workings of legendary tracks by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac – how did you go about that process? Did you find it daunting to give your own take on these works?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's actually easier than you think, because just through the process of me and my band performing the tracks, they seem to take on a life of their own. Also, a few of the tunes we're doing have been covered a million times over, so we get to sift through the wreckage, see what worked and what didn't, and use it in our own interpretations. We're also unleashing an original in the show too.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zKfM2Mua5y4/UpZsigBI6bI/AAAAAAAAACo/g4xbsmtWaAw/s1600/Picture+231.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zKfM2Mua5y4/UpZsigBI6bI/AAAAAAAAACo/g4xbsmtWaAw/s640/Picture+231.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Part of your show addresses long-standing rumors and reveals lesser-known stories from rock history. Did any legend or discovery surprise you while your were doing research into this?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've always been a big fat rock trivia nerd. There's always so much to learn and so many rock myths to debunk. Have you heard the Led Zeppelin mud shark incident? Apparently the band were staying at Edgewater Inn in Seattle, which let guests fish directly from the hotel room windows. A mud shark was fished out and then "inserted" into a red-headed groupie who was naked and tied to the bed. No one can prove this actually happened, but wow. I'll never watch Jaws the same way again.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Who are your favorite muses and why? Why do you think the legends of these wonderful women live on?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You know, I think my favourite muse would have to be Yoko Ono. She was an artist, committed to pushing boundaries, and she helped take John Lennon's mind and craft to fantastic new places. Of course I love the delicate and feminine beauties like Marianne Faithfull and Patti Boyd, but Yoko wasn't young and thin and glamourous. She didn't exist in that world. And she still inspired one of the greatest musicians of all time. She&nbsp;got "She's So Heavy" written about her. And she'll live on in the lyrics of Lennon as well as the history books as a credit to her own work in the contemporary art world. And she's still going, into her 70s. We can all learn a thing or two from Yoko.<!--EndFragment--></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I am very sensitive to how peoples’ personal styles often communicate so much about their internal interests and passions, so I <i>have</i>to ask some fashion-y questions. What is your style philosophy? What are your style must-haves?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I like to think I'm what happens if Stevie Nicks, Joan Jett and Deb Harry all got together and had fashion babies. I love very feminine flowy robes and skirts, I have lots of velvet, silk and lace kimonos and shawls. But I also love the grungier side of leather and latex, faded denims, big black platform heels and lots of antique jewellery. A lot of my wardrobe is vintage and hand-me-downs from my mum who used to be in a band back in the 80s. But I love my black American Apparel disco pants and am a slave to the band tee (I have over 100!)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--kTcBzAH0QY/UpZsr-VkLBI/AAAAAAAAACw/pt7MBskLsS0/s1600/SLIDER4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--kTcBzAH0QY/UpZsr-VkLBI/AAAAAAAAACw/pt7MBskLsS0/s640/SLIDER4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Who / where do you look to for inspiration (in music, in fashion, in life)?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I try to be open to finding inspiration anywhere and everywhere. I definitely read a lot, and see a lot of live music and theatre. In terms of music and fashion inspiration - classic rock of the 60s &amp; 70s is definitely my go to era, the sounds and styles that were born in that time I still don't think have been surpassed.<!--EndFragment--> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>How can people get involved with Coke &amp; Sympathy? Where can they come see the show? And most importantly for me, please tell me you’ll come to the States!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can follow the show on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/cokeandsympathycabaret" target="_blank">Facebook here</a>.&nbsp;If you're in Australia, you can see the premiere shows at Red Bennies in Melbourne on Thurs 21st Nov, and The Vanguard in Sydney on Wed 27th Nov. We'll also be doing a few shows at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2014, on March 11, 12, 13. We're waiting for a few funding opportunities to come through, but would love to bring the show to the US &amp; the UK at a later date. So fingers crossed!</span></div><!--EndFragment-->http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/11/interview-ash-king-coke-sympathy-rock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-1738584127442132116Mon, 28 Oct 2013 04:08:00 +00002013-10-27T23:08:06.906-05:00Lou ReedThe Velvet UndergroundOn Lou Reed<div style="text-align: left;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nYpHvB8DDrY/Um3gjY5tvDI/AAAAAAAAACI/jRr2d_RAwaw/s1600/Lou+Reed+lou2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nYpHvB8DDrY/Um3gjY5tvDI/AAAAAAAAACI/jRr2d_RAwaw/s640/Lou+Reed+lou2.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">It always troubles me that after the death of a notable person, there is a flood of articles on social media about them offering countless variations on every aspect of their lives. Some are in honest tribute, yes, but more often than not these pieces are in an effort to capitalize on someone’s passing for website hits and SEO and whatnot. Despite my hesitation, and the fact I haven’t written on DRG for a while, I couldn’t not write something. (Even though it doesn’t matter to anyone other than myself.) </div><div class="MsoNormal">I’m not going to try and sum of the life or legacy of one of the most genius musicians of all time, because I think we all are well aware of his influence. Lou Reed was a rare creature in a sea of really talented people who created music that operated on a whole different wavelength. It wasn’t just great to listen to – his words ate away at something deep inside you that might not have even been aware was there. Everyone I’ve spoken to about Lou and the Velvet Underground always talks about this deep cosmic connection they felt like they forged with him in his music. Lou created music for the misfits, the outcasts, the kids who hated their classmates as much as they hated themselves, the struggling artists, the geniuses both unaware and painfully aware of their talents, the fuck-ups, the bums, the ones who lived for the nighttime, who wore their sunglasses at indoors, who created the scene. The ones who thirsted for more at every opportunity, and never, never settled. The best kinds of people.</div><!--EndFragment--><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="360" width="480"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/ffr0opfm6I4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/ffr0opfm6I4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The song “Heroin” changed my life. I was barely a teenager when I found a copy of The Velvet Underground &amp; Nico, and when this song began to play I saw my future clearly, but in a way that wasn’t clear at all: “I don’t know just where I’m going / But I’m gonna try for the kingdom if I can.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Here’s to Lou, who finally reached the kingdom.&nbsp;</div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/10/on-lou-reed_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-2325486945796927312Thu, 12 Sep 2013 03:08:00 +00002013-09-11T22:08:14.179-05:00George HarrisonI me minerandom ramblesThe BeatlesIn Which George Harrison Illustrates My Life TroublesDuring the past two weeks that I have been absent from my blog, all the retro goodness I love was never far from my mind. I've been dealing with lots of personal dramas and delights, experiencing a full range of emotions I cannot properly articulate. To illustrate my saga, I turn to my treasure trove (i.e. folder on my desktop) I have collected over the years of expressions George Harrison made. My love for George is well-documented on this site, but I've barely touched upon <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/01/hot-dudes-doing-cute-things-beatles.html" target="_blank">my obsession with his animated looks</a>. Sure, he was the Quiet One, but the expressions on his face always spoke volumes. This is my ordeal in unnecessary length, but if you enjoy George Harrison and silliness, just scroll through for pictures! (That's what I would do!)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">At the start of my saga, I was bumming around my apartment, doing all sorts of things while halfheartedly contemplating my future:&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was bettering my mind.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PJhiP_zgAdU/UjEZv3Ivy5I/AAAAAAAAAAQ/1OvLrMqd-O8/s1600/GH+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PJhiP_zgAdU/UjEZv3Ivy5I/AAAAAAAAAAQ/1OvLrMqd-O8/s640/GH+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Books. 'Cause literacy, you know?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was chilling with my homies ... <i>and</i> my gnomies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3dMsrBZaZ1w/UjEeA22kzrI/AAAAAAAAAAc/kd5p32OdFB8/s1600/GH+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3dMsrBZaZ1w/UjEeA22kzrI/AAAAAAAAAAc/kd5p32OdFB8/s640/GH+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Is it me, or are all of the garden gnomes sculpted in very 'draw me like one of your French girls' positions?</span></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But mostly I was just laying around in bed.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RAl3Nqad4EY/UjEePDY_kjI/AAAAAAAAAAk/zIXNQzW1xQg/s1600/GH+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RAl3Nqad4EY/UjEePDY_kjI/AAAAAAAAAAk/zIXNQzW1xQg/s640/GH+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Typical</span>.&nbsp;</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then, it all got crazy! After deciding to move to New York City in a month's time, I started to try to get plans in order and think about what I could do when I was there.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7aAaFDag3ew/UjEg1JjAp9I/AAAAAAAAAAw/PufcUL4r6-Y/s1600/GH+think.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7aAaFDag3ew/UjEg1JjAp9I/AAAAAAAAAAw/PufcUL4r6-Y/s640/GH+think.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Thinking serious thoughts.</span></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was during this time that I LOST my Dolly Rocker Girl domain (this here site!) and had to go through lots to get it back in my possession.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f9ivyqlA57s/UjEhLUzhcnI/AAAAAAAAABA/IcQTXRqni5I/s1600/GH+scrunched+nose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f9ivyqlA57s/UjEhLUzhcnI/AAAAAAAAABA/IcQTXRqni5I/s640/GH+scrunched+nose.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*Argh*</i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This quest led me to realize my email account was hacked and I had to regain access to that, during which I found out my actual computer had been hacked into as well, forcing me to surrender my laptop to the computer tech wizards (and causing me to experience a wide range of negative emotions).&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H5AFQIqWqwI/UjEhk5nsS2I/AAAAAAAAABQ/rRhwfmKw9A8/s1600/GH+variety+of+hand+symbols.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H5AFQIqWqwI/UjEhk5nsS2I/AAAAAAAAABQ/rRhwfmKw9A8/s640/GH+variety+of+hand+symbols.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LOOK AT ALL OF THESE HAND GESTURES</span></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Following that, I prepared for my third big move of the summer to a new apartment (not to New York quite yet) and did not have internet for several days because of an annoying misunderstanding with the internet company.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DvCr__mWNG0/UjEhbd7laBI/AAAAAAAAABM/hdEXDI_Au7g/s1600/GH+boat+derp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DvCr__mWNG0/UjEhbd7laBI/AAAAAAAAABM/hdEXDI_Au7g/s640/GH+boat+derp.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"Hmmm.... Well that doesn't seem quite right," I said to myself while perfecting my Internet meme-inspired 'derp' face.</span></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This was alright because I've been attempting to get everything in order for my move to NYC in exactly one week, so I haven't had time to blog ... but still, I was not amused.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aELiNegzcGI/UjEh-UgMApI/AAAAAAAAABY/4Ur5n76QRI8/s1600/GH+annoyed+with+long+hair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aELiNegzcGI/UjEh-UgMApI/AAAAAAAAABY/4Ur5n76QRI8/s640/GH+annoyed+with+long+hair.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Do not mess with me.&nbsp;</span></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">On top of that, I had a particularly traumatic hair emergency. (<a href="http://georgeharrisonpermfanclub.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">'Sup.</a>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I thrive in pressure in academic and professional senses, but I don't do well with stress in my personal life. Probably because most of my personal stresses are all just SO dumb and rather unimportant. It seems, at the moment at least, that the storm of stress is calming down for me -- at least, until I move next Wednesday.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7wZpApLTb3M/UjEijkLvctI/AAAAAAAAAB0/11vlkNyO1EA/s1600/GH+moustache+twist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7wZpApLTb3M/UjEijkLvctI/AAAAAAAAAB0/11vlkNyO1EA/s640/GH+moustache+twist.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Oh goody, this is moustache-twirling good news!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y84UNC63g78/UjEiirplsBI/AAAAAAAAABg/2BMoK8fQg8k/s1600/GH+joy+on+stairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y84UNC63g78/UjEiirplsBI/AAAAAAAAABg/2BMoK8fQg8k/s640/GH+joy+on+stairs.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Glorious news!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mvw0OSMZwjs/UjEiisuJvKI/AAAAAAAAABk/VExfr-zbsHY/s1600/GH+dolphins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mvw0OSMZwjs/UjEiisuJvKI/AAAAAAAAABk/VExfr-zbsHY/s640/GH+dolphins.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CUE THE DOLPHINS!</span></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And that, in unnecessary length, is why I haven't blogged in a while.&nbsp;</div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/09/in-which-george-harrison-illustrates-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis M)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-7992469569546194984Sun, 25 Aug 2013 07:19:00 +00002013-08-25T02:19:54.840-05:00Carey MulligancinemaspirationEmma WatsonfilmsMia FarrowMia Wasikowskamichelle williamsremakeRoman Polanskibeatniks and politics, nothing is new <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vwZRi5Jaq5I/UhmtA0jyoWI/AAAAAAAAE1s/9tCIcQOw-sA/s1600/New+Rosemary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vwZRi5Jaq5I/UhmtA0jyoWI/AAAAAAAAE1s/9tCIcQOw-sA/s640/New+Rosemary.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hey ladies, slip on your tannis root pendants and book a visit to a salon to imitate Vidal Sassoon because Rosemary Woodhouse is coming back!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Evidently this headline is about a month old, but it is news to me: <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/07/27/nbc-to-reboot-rosemarys-baby/" target="_blank">NBC announced</a> a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rosemary’s Baby</i> miniseries for their upcoming line-up, because, you know, nothing peppers up a channel’s comedic programming quite like satanic rape. Though it’s an unexpected choice for a project – <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2009/06/oh-darling-please-believe-me-ill-never.html" target="_blank">Roman Polanski’s 1968 film is an obvious classic</a>, near untouchable in its perfection – this isn’t the first time someone has tried to remake it. I remember reading a few years ago about a planned remake by Michael Bay that quickly fell through (I recall one of the producers making a statement that there was nothing their proposed version could do to improve upon the original). Unlike that aborted film, the miniseries will be an adaptation of Ira Levin’s novel as opposed to a remake of Polanski’s work, with the story moved from the halls of New York City’s famed Dakota to the streets of Paris. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">No more details have been released that I can find, but there are a million questions to ask: will it remain set in the 1960s or will a present-day Rosemary now have to contend with social media in addition to carrying the spawn of Satan? (Can’t you just imagine her Facebook statuses?) Who will play Rosemary, Guy, Minnie, Roman and the rest of the coven? And will Rosemary still have her signature pixie cut?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was catching up on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Interview Magazine</i>’s online section when I saw <a href="http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/casting-call-rosemarys-baby/#_" target="_blank">their choices for a pretend HBO version</a> (the author notes that she fears, as many critics have noted to a similar degree, that this could be a total bust, or: “Unfortunately NBC’s forthcoming <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rosemary’s Baby </i>miniseries may be as unpleasant as having nonconsensual sex with Satan”). They nominate Carey Mulligan as their ideal choice, but let’s also throw Emma Watson, Michelle Williams and Mia Wasikowska into the dream-scenario mix – they’ve all already proven <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2011/01/she-looked-so-bright-in-pixie-hair-she.html" target="_blank">they look fab with pixie hair</a>!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Who would you like to see as the 21st&nbsp;century Rosemary Woodhouse?&nbsp;</span><!--EndFragment--> <br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Title: from "Incense and Peppermints" (Strawberry Alarm Clock)</i></span></div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/08/beatniks-and-politics-nothing-is-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-8458282862384647005Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:55:00 +00002013-08-25T11:56:44.067-05:00biopicscasting couchCBGBCheetah ChromeDebbie HarryfilmsLou ReedPatti SmithStiv BatorsThe Ramonesthis ain't no mudd club or cbgb, i ain't got time for that now<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="360" width="640"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/O1ZNfaOpqKo?hl=en_US&amp;version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/O1ZNfaOpqKo?hl=en_US&amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The trailer for the upcoming film <i>CBGB</i>, about the life and times at the legendary New York nightclub, was recently released. I honestly hadn't thought much about the film since it was <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2012/06/play-on-play-on.html" target="_blank">announced last summer</a>, but I'm really excited by how it looks in the trailer here. It's got such a wild assortment of people -- Alan Rickman is the real star (as he should be!) as club owner Hilly Kristal, but the film also counts Malin Akerman, Ashley Greene, Rickman's <i>Harry Potter </i>costar&nbsp;Rupert Grint,&nbsp;<i>Frances Ha </i>actress Mickey Sumner and former <i>Veronica Mars </i>super-creep Kyle Gallner&nbsp;among its stars. Also if anyone reading is a fan of the movie <i>Grandma's Boy</i>, J.P. (aka Joel Moore) is playing Joey Ramone, so that's pretty fantastic in and of itself.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;">I really dig the film from the looks of it (Justin Bartha as Stiv Bators? Yes please.) If the soundtrack is any indication, it will be phenomenal. You can <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/cbgb-soundtrack-will-include-blondie-talking-heads-20130802" target="_blank">see the full listing here</a>, but the collection includes tracks by The Stooges, New York Dolls, Blondie and the Velvet Underground (but surprisingly, there aren't any songs by the ultimate CBGB group The Ramones, only a solo track by Joey).</div><div style="text-align: left;">The reception that the project's proposed story has gotten has been divisive, especially among the film's subjects, but here's hoping that the film is as incredible as we all know it can be. The story behind CBGB is too wild to not share!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Title: from "Life During Wartime" (Talking Heads)</span></i></div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/08/this-aint-no-mudd-club-or-cbgb-i-aint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-6951503040296131633Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:54:00 +00002013-08-25T10:57:56.847-05:00Foale & TuffinJulie ChristiemagazinesParaphernaliavintage clothingshe comes in colors everywhere, she combs her hair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iYN20sO8n7k/Uhom9YRZziI/AAAAAAAAE18/zVRstQhn_ug/s1600/Julie+Christie+JULIE+dress+edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iYN20sO8n7k/Uhom9YRZziI/AAAAAAAAE18/zVRstQhn_ug/s640/Julie+Christie+JULIE+dress+edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I found these magazine pages saved in my archives from the now-defunct Blogspot account Vintage Fashion Magazines (I warn you, don't visit it -- it's very NSFW now!), and just loved how incredible a layout it is: <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2011/09/she-was-working-girl-north-of-england.html" target="_blank">the fabulous <i>Darling </i>herself, Julie Christie</a>, in the most literal and amazing namesake dresses I've ever seen. The multi-colored dresses are cited as being designed by "Tuffin &amp; Foale" (designers more commonly referred to in the order of Foale and Tuffin, because alphabetical order is nice), a design team out of Swinging London that epitomized the Mod style of the mid-1960s. I get a kick out of the fact that the dresses are listed as being available at Paraphernalia, the New York City boutique that was home to Betsey Johnson back in the day (she was their in-house designer).&nbsp;(Is it strange that it still is a bit unreal to me that stores once featured the designs of Betsey, Foale &amp; Tuffin, Mary Quant and the like were all once featured in the same store? In case the years of me blogging about it haven't made it clear, I really wished I lived in the sixties. Mostly for the shopping opportunities.)<br />What I love about this clipping is that it is a great example of the fantastically poetic and rather whimsical way that most fashion magazine writers wrote back in the day. I love how fascinated those journalists seemed with the girls they wrote about, as if everything their subjects did was utterly beguiling. They simply couldn't believe the size of a dolly girl's eyes or her short hemlines or her laid-back hippie nature. It was all too much for them to take. I want to be described in those terms! Of Julie, they write:&nbsp;"With her thick pale hair worn just as it pleases her to wear it, her easy vitality, and her level-eyed spill-the-beans candour, Julie Christie is the Breakaways' Breakaway -- the girl who spells it all out: CONTEMPORARY. The way it is today. (Tomorrow: <i>Fahrenheit 451 </i>and <i>Far from the Madding Crowd</i>; in both movies she plays "an anti-status-quo girl ... a bit out of context with her time ... slightly ahead." The way it is.) Here, the darling of <i>Darling </i>and <i>Zhivago </i>wears a knit spelled JULIE -- an undershirt dress, all action and colour; her kind of gear." Which is just about the most amazing thing you can say about someone. What would I have to do today to be considered capital-letters contemporary?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Title: from "She's a Rainbow" (The Rolling Stones)</i></span></div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/08/she-comes-in-colors-everywhere-she.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-4062753028798130490Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:15:00 +00002013-07-22T12:31:08.717-05:00fashion iconNancy Sinatraflowers are the things we knew, secrets are the things we grew<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dqCVoSCdqOs/Ue1oZgp1ilI/AAAAAAAAE1E/6A14m_fMaGU/s1600/Nancy+Sinatra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dqCVoSCdqOs/Ue1oZgp1ilI/AAAAAAAAE1E/6A14m_fMaGU/s640/Nancy+Sinatra.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have had a decades-long fascination with the Sinatra clan, which began when I fell in love with Old Blue Eyes when I was six years old. Frank Sinatra was the first man that I ever had a crush on, and as most of my delusional crushes go, I assumed that I would one day marry him. Well, he unfortunately passed away before I ever had the chance to make that happen (and I swear that's the ONLY thing that stopped it because I still think Frank and I would've gotten along swimmingly), but I still pretend that I am part of the Sinatra family. For some reason, despite loving her music, I haven't really written too much about the most 60s-centric of the lot, Nancy Sinatra. I really have to thank a commenter who suggested I write about her, because going back through her music and looking at pictures and reading about her life has really sparked something in me!&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In my opinion, Nancy is one of the most underrated fashion icons of the 1960s. Obviously, her look is influential today -- as even Lana Del Rey refers to herself as a self-styled "gangster Nancy Sinatra" -- but why isn't every girl marveling over her fab looks?&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We all know that she had boots that were made for walking, but some other style signatures include bright, tight minidresses, colorblocked tops, cigarette pants, and oversized sweaters worn as tops. I read on The Fashion Spot that Nancy is 5'3'' but the way she dressed -- in her short hemlines and tall, heeled boots -- her legs looked as tall as skyscrapers!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Her look is what I would consider an Americanized version of the&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">yé-yé pop look, and I think that is also the best way to describe her music style as well. The crossover between Nancy and French pop is incredible (please do yourself a favor and check out the French cover of "Boots" by Eileen, called "Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher"). There is a fun French feel to her look, a mix between the sweetness of France Gall and the bombshell-ness of Brigitte Bardot, but also a lovely flower child element&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><em style="font-style: normal;">à</em></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">&nbsp;la Sharon Tate (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><a href="http://lifeislikeaboxofmakeup.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/nancy-sinatra.jpg">this photo</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">is so amazing!).&nbsp;</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Even in a pre-<i>(500) Days of Summer </i>universe, my karaoke song of choice was always "Sugar Town," but only recently did I learn that</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Town">the song was about LSD</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. How crazy is that?! I love learning facts like that about songs. Also, I think Nancy is the unrivaled queen of the cover song -- I love her versions of "As Tears Go By," "Here We Go Again," "It Ain't Me Babe" and the Beatles tunes "Run for Your Life" and "Day Tripper." She makes even Lennon &amp; McCartney all her own!</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">Title: from "Some Velvet Morning" (Nancy Sinatra &amp; Lee Hazlewood)</span></i></span></span></div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/07/flowers-are-things-we-knew-secrets-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-225222290322173149Sun, 14 Jul 2013 19:23:00 +00002013-07-14T14:23:32.381-05:00Bebe Buellbirthdaysfrom sea to shining sea, there's not a soul that needs to rock like me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sFuFH2EF5lk/UeL46g55DhI/AAAAAAAAE0w/C1wwzca-jg8/s1600/Bebe+Birthday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sFuFH2EF5lk/UeL46g55DhI/AAAAAAAAE0w/C1wwzca-jg8/s640/Bebe+Birthday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Today is Bebe Buell's birthday, and as a dedicated fan of hers, I couldn't help but want to join in the celebration! And what better way for a nerdy blogger girl to celebrate than with a colorful collage?&nbsp;I've written about Bebe a lot on the site (to the point where I wrote a <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2011/12/how-to-be-like-bebe-buell.html" target="_blank">how-to guide on capturing her magic</a>) -- she's honestly one of my favorite people. It's not just because she's a legendary muse and an amazing rock star,&nbsp;but also because she's the rare breed of person who is so wonderfully open and genuine to people. I love reading her <a href="https://twitter.com/BebeBuellBand" target="_blank">Twitter</a> because she really communicates with her fans -- I mean, how cool is it to be able to reach out to your hero and actually have her respond to you? That's just so unreal to me. Her music, her interests, her passionate spirit are&nbsp;all endlessly fascinating to me and I can't wait to continue to follow the adventures of her rebel heart.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Title: from "Mother of Rock &amp; Roll" (Bebe Buell)</span></i></div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/07/from-sea-to-shining-sea-theres-not-soul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-8691456624742788651Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:30:00 +00002013-07-12T13:53:24.411-05:00Jimi Hendrixpersonal styleShop It to MeShop It to Me: Dress Like a Female Jimi HendrixIt's no secret how much I love <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2012/09/and-all-of-these-emotions-of-mine-keep.html" target="_blank">Jimi Hendrix</a> -- I've written <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2011/01/you-know-youre-sweet-little-love-maker.html" target="_blank">at length</a> about how I am endlessly inspired by his music and life, but haven't given enough credit to how profoundly he shaped my fashion aesthetic. His dandy-militaristic-flower child look was so influential and really captures a moment in time so perfectly -- a time of neon stage lights, multicolored beads, smoky nightclubs and Sgt. Pepper. I've read that he styled his hair after the crazy 'fro of Mr. Bob Dylan, but just think of how Jimi's look influenced others: Eric Clapton's Cream-era curls, Brian Jones' impish Monterey Pop style, and artists of today like Lenny Kravitz, Wiz Khalifa and Andre 3000 (who plays the late artist in an upcoming biopic). And not to mention the legions of unknowns like myself who are disciples of his style.&nbsp;I think that everyone -- at least, every sane human being that I chose to acknowledge in my life -- has gone through a Jimi Hendrix phase. My phase has just happened to last twenty-two years. If you're like me, you're in the mood for some summery psychedelic fashions.&nbsp;I visited <a href="http://www.box-clothing.co.uk/index.aspx" target="_blank">Box Clothing</a> for all my foxey lady finds:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yhka0N3gx40/UeBLBB_KtyI/AAAAAAAAE0c/sG8li_Wm21M/s1600/Shop+It+to+Me_foxey+lady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yhka0N3gx40/UeBLBB_KtyI/AAAAAAAAE0c/sG8li_Wm21M/s640/Shop+It+to+Me_foxey+lady.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Jimi was the master of mixing prints. Start with a dramatic floral base for your outfit like this <a href="http://www.box-clothing.co.uk/products/womens-carleen-black-floral-blouse" target="_blank">Jovonna 'Carleen' blouse</a>. Adding a military-inspired jacket is so sixties -- the diamante detail in <a href="http://www.box-clothing.co.uk/products/womens-diamante-khaki-shirt-jacket" target="_blank">this shirt jacket by Le Breve</a> makes it more the swinging Sgt. Pepper chic of 1967 than the earthy protester style several years later.&nbsp;Bask in a purple haze in <a href="http://www.box-clothing.co.uk/products/womens-radixes-purple-skinny-jeans" target="_blank">these fab skinny jeans by Replay</a>&nbsp;-- the tailored leg reminds me of the Mod cuts of lots of Jimi's looks.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jimi was all about the luxe details -- heavy embroidery, lapels covered in patches and pins, as well as multiple rings and pendants. This kind of pirate-like approach to accessorizing makes even Johnny Depp pale in comparison. Finishing off your outfit with a bright scarf in colors that are different from (but still complement) the rest of your outfit, like <a href="http://www.box-clothing.co.uk/products/womens-flex-flower-and-leaf-orange-silk-scarf" target="_blank">this one by St Martins</a>, is totally Jimi. Wrap it around your head, loosely tie it around your neck or loop it around your upper arm as you're playing guitar, and you'll be bold as love!http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/07/shop-it-to-me-dress-like-female-jimi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-224618172963376948Sun, 30 Jun 2013 21:44:00 +00002013-06-30T16:44:43.728-05:001960sAndy WarholEdie SedgwickfilmsLessons LearnedmusesSienna MillerThe Most Important Lessons Learned From "Factory Girl"After a significant amount of time away from the blog, which has included many life-changing moments and formative experiences for me (university is over! Employment is difficult! Moving is stressful!), I am back with a follow-up to one of my favorite posts I've ever done, <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2012/11/the-most-important-lessons-learned-from.html" target="_blank">The Most Important Lessons Learned from <i>Almost Famous</i></a>.&nbsp;This time around, I will focus on <i>Factory Girl</i>, the oft-maligned 2006 biopic of Edie Sedgwick and her brief moment as the It-Girl of the 1960s.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z8fu4E2QOlM/UdCk0nk3YII/AAAAAAAAE0M/DnwimEL3g-4/s1020/FG+Andy+quote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z8fu4E2QOlM/UdCk0nk3YII/AAAAAAAAE0M/DnwimEL3g-4/s640/FG+Andy+quote.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Despite the film's flaws, I find <i>Factory Girl </i>to be&nbsp;really quite enjoyable. I (like many others) find Edie to be a fascinating subject. She was the poor little rich girl, the femme fatale, the "real heroine of Blonde on Blonde" (<a href="http://expectingrain.com/dok/who/s/sedgwickedie.html" target="_blank">as Patti Smith put it</a>) and her life was tragic, beautiful and legendary. Sienna Miller gives a dedicated and really fab performance, and Guy Pearce does Warhol in a way that is in keeping with the artist's public persona while hinting at some of the trouble's behind closed doors. The atmosphere -- New York City! In the Sixties! -- is my JAM, so of course I love it.<br />In order to shed some light on how watch-worthy <i>Factory Girl </i>really<i>&nbsp;</i>is, here are the most important lessons I learned from the film:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>1. Abercrombie, at one point, sold leather rhinos</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bHVNo1jvCcc/UdCSOGnLB8I/AAAAAAAAExw/moPz1MFpRNM/s1020/FG+Rhino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bHVNo1jvCcc/UdCSOGnLB8I/AAAAAAAAExw/moPz1MFpRNM/s640/FG+Rhino.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Yes, Abercrombie -- the very same Abercrombie of the Fitch, currently known for strange message tees and stores that exhibit dark lighting and club music for no apparent reason (perhaps to make people like me stay far away?), once sold really groovy leather accoutrements. There are eBay and Etsy listings if you want to get your hands on one of these gems (and have <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/127868145/vintage-abercrombie-fitch-jumbo-leather?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=product_listing_promoted&amp;utm_campaign=vintage_high&amp;gclid=COrp3_Kgi7gCFbNj7AodNh8AGw" target="_blank">$850 to part with</a>) and experience the same level of excitement as exhibited on Chuck Wein's face. Additionally, posing atop said rhino will go over big with the <i>Vogue</i>&nbsp;crowd.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>2. Ignore Coco Chanel's rule to always take off one accessory before you leave the house</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oIXM_ZEhK8g/UdCWKeIBjWI/AAAAAAAAEyA/7FuTSfbbamA/s1020/FG+Accessories.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oIXM_ZEhK8g/UdCWKeIBjWI/AAAAAAAAEyA/7FuTSfbbamA/s640/FG+Accessories.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Instead, add a dozen more accessories! Invest in some insane earrings -- I've mentioned <a href="https://www.stevesascodesigns.com/factorygirlcollection.php" target="_blank">Steve Sasco's designs</a> numerous times before, but that's because they're absolutely sensational. Once when wearing the Original Butterfly style, a young gentleman approached me to tell me I had "legit earlobes."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>3. But eschew pants, they're stupid&nbsp;</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uX_zltQ6uDY/UdCXg1A1DPI/AAAAAAAAEyQ/3Y_iD2xRqHo/s1020/FG+No+Pants.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uX_zltQ6uDY/UdCXg1A1DPI/AAAAAAAAEyQ/3Y_iD2xRqHo/s640/FG+No+Pants.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Compensate for accessorizing like crazy by eliminating the most cumbersome component of any outfit: pants. They're the worst. And in tights, you can do cartwheels!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>4. It's always fun to crank call a mental institution</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iGq-UUtlM98/UdCYOKZqJVI/AAAAAAAAEyY/ErWEUw-rNHw/s562/FG+Mental+Crank+Call.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iGq-UUtlM98/UdCYOKZqJVI/AAAAAAAAEyY/ErWEUw-rNHw/s640/FG+Mental+Crank+Call.jpg" width="568" /></a></div>Oh Edie, calling up Silver Hill and messing with the resident on-call. Even if you're a former patient of a hospital, I don't recommend doing this.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>5. Develop quirks</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SHN12rOqZfA/UdChNh7DWnI/AAAAAAAAEys/6a5gdYZZgQ8/s1020/FG+PLRG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SHN12rOqZfA/UdChNh7DWnI/AAAAAAAAEys/6a5gdYZZgQ8/s640/FG+PLRG.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Hate olives! Cut your hair on a fire escape! Order every dish at a restaurant! Take multiple hours to get ready! Do a signature dance! It's all endlessly charming. Also, be sure to have lots of troubles in all aspects of your life: romantically, professionally, financially and in terms of health, eating and family as well. Drama is now your source of energy. According to the DVD commentary, Andy's line "I've never seen a girl with so many problems" is what made Guy Pearce want to do the movie. Being a girl with problems gets movies made about you and that's a fact.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>6. Get thee to a palm reader</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lBRNqKfbt6c/UdChYS48NLI/AAAAAAAAEy0/h-dVDMrDs6E/s1020/FG+Palm+Reader.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lBRNqKfbt6c/UdChYS48NLI/AAAAAAAAEy0/h-dVDMrDs6E/s640/FG+Palm+Reader.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>And when you do, you better hope she has some interesting and profoundly prophetic news for you.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>7. Don't take yourself too seriously</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBj_vn3pv0/UdChgvMYUbI/AAAAAAAAEy8/NY8jIrA1SVM/s1020/FG+Too+Seriously.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBj_vn3pv0/UdChgvMYUbI/AAAAAAAAEy8/NY8jIrA1SVM/s640/FG+Too+Seriously.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Serious people are the WORST.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>8. Actually never stand right in front of an agitated horse like Edie does in <i>Horse</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ir5DNUtpQI8/UdChqvRSKKI/AAAAAAAAEzE/jL7RUUDoMQ4/s1020/FG+Horse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ir5DNUtpQI8/UdChqvRSKKI/AAAAAAAAEzE/jL7RUUDoMQ4/s640/FG+Horse.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>As someone who grew up around horses, I've heard many a horror story about broken noses and bitten tongues caused from standing in front of a horse like that. The horse won't immediately calm down from your nuzzles and kisses because YOU ARE NOT A HORSE WHISPERER.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>9. Beware of musicians</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zDIYEr6Ji6Q/UdChxNh4-mI/AAAAAAAAEzM/fKA8K-SeOFI/s1020/FG+Blehhh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zDIYEr6Ji6Q/UdChxNh4-mI/AAAAAAAAEzM/fKA8K-SeOFI/s640/FG+Blehhh.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>You know, those crooners with their harmonicas and motorcycles and red plaid scarves. All they'll want is your friend's Elvis painting and a roll in bed in a farmhouse and then they'll marry someone else. Stay far away! Especially if he wears his sunglasses indoors but isn't Andy Warhol.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>10. DON'T DO DRUGS</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OsOnuKRhwbI/UdCh39gaceI/AAAAAAAAEzU/ohv9MngTEuU/s1020/FG+Drugs+Ew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OsOnuKRhwbI/UdCh39gaceI/AAAAAAAAEzU/ohv9MngTEuU/s640/FG+Drugs+Ew.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Seriously, they are the literal worst and will cause you to burn down the Chelsea Hotel and get all your pretty stuff stolen and scream at people in restaurants and then die. Also it will make Diana Vreeland not want to hang out with you, and since D.V. was the coolest lady ever, you don't wanna go burning bridges like that.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>11. Eventually you'll be replaced by someone from Germany or someone from New Jersey with a German name</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-53TNWm-zswQ/UdCh9fFQJyI/AAAAAAAAEzc/Vj8_0hhDThA/s1020/FG+Nico+Ingrid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-53TNWm-zswQ/UdCh9fFQJyI/AAAAAAAAEzc/Vj8_0hhDThA/s640/FG+Nico+Ingrid.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>It could be Nico or it could be Ingrid Superstar, but anyone could be the next darling thing on Warhol's arm.&nbsp;Fame is a fickle thing. Live in the moment and relish your time as a superstar because your front page headlines can soon become yesterday's news.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>12. If you wear a pink coat, you're liable to get punched by Norman Mailer</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mwLOrLmNTEI/UdCkDm3Yp8I/AAAAAAAAEzs/lj3P2WxvH0k/s1020/FG+Andy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mwLOrLmNTEI/UdCkDm3Yp8I/AAAAAAAAEzs/lj3P2WxvH0k/s640/FG+Andy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>And if you're on the Cape wearing a pink coat and Norman Mailer doesn't punch you, let alone anyone else, you better reassess yourself. It's an honor to be punched for your style.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>13. Jimmy Fallon plays another asshole</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XgOoprDfAMI/UdCkMVHxyNI/AAAAAAAAEz0/717-l5NxE4c/s1020/FG+Chuck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XgOoprDfAMI/UdCkMVHxyNI/AAAAAAAAEz0/717-l5NxE4c/s640/FG+Chuck.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Remember when he played <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2012/11/the-most-important-lessons-learned-from.html" target="_blank">Dennis in </a><i><a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2012/11/the-most-important-lessons-learned-from.html" target="_blank">Almost Famous</a> </i>and almost got the band killed? Man of the year in comparison to the grade-A louse that is his portrayal of Chuck Wein. Chuck goes from Edie's socialite companion to the guy who antagonizes her in <i>Beauty No. 2</i>&nbsp;and gets a glass ashtray thrown at his head. It's well-deserved. It's interesting how Jimmy Fallon is such a fun and funny guy in real life but tends towards these creepy characters in his acting career.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>14. This expression is the best</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wz3ZJLFp5CI/UdCkTBPuEbI/AAAAAAAAEz8/0LOxy0ZKc90/s1020/FG+Boss+Applesauce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wz3ZJLFp5CI/UdCkTBPuEbI/AAAAAAAAEz8/0LOxy0ZKc90/s640/FG+Boss+Applesauce.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Let's bring this one back, shall we?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>15. Be a living work of art</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7wQCkFc0-sY/UdCkp5zTJiI/AAAAAAAAE0E/MTgIxF5ryfE/s1020/FG+Rhino+Vogue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7wQCkFc0-sY/UdCkp5zTJiI/AAAAAAAAE0E/MTgIxF5ryfE/s640/FG+Rhino+Vogue.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Trained artist Edie adopted the life motto of the <a href="http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2010/02/i-want-to-be-living-work-of-art.html" target="_blank">Marchesa Luisa Casati</a> and translated her focus from horse sketches and sculptures to crafting her life into her greatest work yet. There's a reason yet she is still marveled over, many decades after her death.http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/06/the-most-important-lessons-learned-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis)160tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-2837310286460769185Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:31:00 +00002013-04-22T22:31:28.385-05:00Anita PallenbergbohemianKate HudsonLisa BonetPattie BoydStevie NicksThe Foolwrapped in songs and gypsy shawls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W-Tng81kgvc/UXX8Z3JvO-I/AAAAAAAAEw0/wGaPDq5nK2Q/s1600/Gypsy+Hippie+Cool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W-Tng81kgvc/UXX8Z3JvO-I/AAAAAAAAEw0/wGaPDq5nK2Q/s640/Gypsy+Hippie+Cool.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have a very cyclical pattern when it comes to how I dress: I tend toward dark, androgynous clothes in the winter and brightly colored bohemian threads in the warmer months. I don't know what causes the switch, I guess it has to do with the weather -- but it's sunny outside and all I want to do is dance around barefoot with flowers in my hair. Currently I am drawing my inspiration from the likes of Lisa Bonet, a Penny Lane-era Kate Hudson, Anita Pallenberg, a 1967 Pattie Boyd and the witchy goddess Stevie Nicks.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Title: from "Ladies of the Canyon" (Joni Mitchell)</span></i></div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/04/wrapped-in-songs-and-gypsy-shawls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463506596351085871.post-7020031929014173347Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:28:00 +00002013-04-13T21:28:48.669-05:00Audrey HepburnCary GrantGrace KellyHot Dudes Doing Cute ThingsI Like YouIngrid BergmanKatharine HepburnMyrna LoyHot Dudes Doing Cute Things: Cary Grant, Noted Face SnifferOkay, so first of all we can all agree that Cary Grant was a superior specimen of a man. While the guys I know play video games all day long and are seemingly incapable of wearing actual pants (men of the world, I ask you: what's up with those hybrid shorts-pants you wear? They're like capris but not. What are those even called? Manpris? I don't even know), old Archie Leach was doing acrobatic tricks in three-piece suits (see: <i><a href="http://babytheleopard.tumblr.com/post/46363083570/cary-grant-and-katharine-hepburn-in-holiday-1938" target="_blank">Holiday</a></i>). He was smoldering, sophisticated and somehow still really funny. He's an obvious choice for a hot dude doing a cute thing.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AVe4aP8P6Ds/UWoD_ZtQEZI/AAAAAAAAEvs/uPqoEGYwgik/s1600/CG_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AVe4aP8P6Ds/UWoD_ZtQEZI/AAAAAAAAEvs/uPqoEGYwgik/s640/CG_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This works for me on multiple levels.&nbsp;</i></div><br />BUT what I am profiling here isn't really so much a cute thing as a weird thing that Cary did from time to time. For some reason, he was most often photographed for publicity stills with his lovely leading ladies with his face weirdly mashed up against theirs. Don't get me wrong, I understand the intent. It's trying to be as romantic as possible (under that darn Hays Code), so they nuzzle and whatnot like they're about to kiss. That's fine for one or two pictures, but Cary was photographed doing it <i>all the damn time</i>. This is because -- and this is a baseless rumor that I wholeheartedly encourage you all to spread -- Cary had a propensity for sniffing faces. Simply couldn't help himself.&nbsp;It's the only explanation for why he did it with each one of his onscreen paramours. Think about it -- if dogs sniff rear-ends to get acquainted, why can't movie stars sniff faces?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z-ZysYJ1XMg/UWoEBoxQWnI/AAAAAAAAEwI/IVtgvZycGxk/s1600/CG_Irene+Dunne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z-ZysYJ1XMg/UWoEBoxQWnI/AAAAAAAAEwI/IVtgvZycGxk/s640/CG_Irene+Dunne.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">With Irene Dunne, his costar in <i>The Awful Truth</i>, <i>My Favorite Wife</i>&nbsp;and <i>Penny Serenade. </i>I don't really have that much to say because while I accept that Dunne is objectively a good actress, she's never really floated my boat. That is to say, I personally wouldn't have smelled her face.&nbsp;</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5iy6tKSioyM/UWoEBUKwl4I/AAAAAAAAEwE/v_WjvD7B9kY/s1600/CG_Ingrid+Bergman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5iy6tKSioyM/UWoEBUKwl4I/AAAAAAAAEwE/v_WjvD7B9kY/s640/CG_Ingrid+Bergman.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ingrid Bergman costarred with Cary in two films: <i>Indiscreet</i>&nbsp;and possibly the best movie ever made, <i>Notorious</i>. The latter film is about spies and Nazis, so obviously lots of face nuzzling abounds. The famous kiss they share in the film -- called by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu8JASfWb6A" target="_blank">one YouTube user, "the most erotic kiss in movie history"</a> -- is full of Cary-face-sniffing action.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YQkwsJq6Ydk/UWoD_koKhMI/AAAAAAAAEv0/9CNAWa22suw/s1600/CG_Betsy+Drake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YQkwsJq6Ydk/UWoD_koKhMI/AAAAAAAAEv0/9CNAWa22suw/s640/CG_Betsy+Drake.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cary with his third wife, Betsy Drake, who obviously dug the face-sniffing enough to be married for almost a decade. I have a random hobby where I imagine I am a producer for weird films of my own devising, and I have already cast a biopic where George Clooney plays Cary and Kristen Wiig is Betsy and all they do is make movies together and sit around and drop acid and smell each other's face, <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2010/08/drugs-in-hollywood-201008" target="_blank">because obviously they did that in real life</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m107zGjpT7c/UWoEEbnpYlI/AAAAAAAAEwg/WVWQJ4zfdhk/s1600/CG_Myrna+Loy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m107zGjpT7c/UWoEEbnpYlI/AAAAAAAAEwg/WVWQJ4zfdhk/s640/CG_Myrna+Loy.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Myrna Loy was too caught up with inexplicably dressing up like Amelia Earhart to notice Cary getting his face-sniffing jollies.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uiM57vZG5yA/UWoEEMqmQiI/AAAAAAAAEwc/ViljKdPkv98/s1600/CG_Katharine+Hepburn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uiM57vZG5yA/UWoEEMqmQiI/AAAAAAAAEwc/ViljKdPkv98/s640/CG_Katharine+Hepburn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Katharine Hepburn starred with Cary in several of the most delightful films in cinematic existence: <i>Sylvia Scarlett, Bringing Up Baby, Holiday</i>&nbsp;and my actual all-time favorite <i>The Philadelphia Story</i>&nbsp;(it says something when two of my favorite films star Cary Grant). Across those four films, there was plenty of face smelling for Cary to indulge in.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q04UTetHXW4/UWoD_ixWURI/AAAAAAAAEvw/l6MpMBh0iAQ/s1600/CG_Audrey+Hepburn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q04UTetHXW4/UWoD_ixWURI/AAAAAAAAEvw/l6MpMBh0iAQ/s640/CG_Audrey+Hepburn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Audrey Hepburn, on the other hand, was not feeling the facial nuzzles on the set of <i>Charade</i>.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFg_cYJEaJw/UWoEBuqH3qI/AAAAAAAAEwU/okw98awuyXA/s1600/CG_Grace+Kelly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFg_cYJEaJw/UWoEBuqH3qI/AAAAAAAAEwU/okw98awuyXA/s640/CG_Grace+Kelly.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The promotional shots for <i>To Catch a Thief</i>&nbsp;are a goldmine for proof of Cary as a face sniffer. Every picture I came across was of Cary's faced mashed up against Grace Kelly's in some variation. Perfection.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What do you think of Cary and his face-sniffing addiction? Tragic for a cinema star or heroic that he called attention to it on numerous occasions? I only feel bad for costars like Rita Hayworth and Deborah Kerr, who, for all I can tell, were never deemed worthy enough to get in on the action.&nbsp;</div>http://www.dollyrockergirl.com/2013/04/hot-dudes-doing-cute-things-cary-grant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexis)2